15 – García Esteban, L. de Palacios, P. García Fernández, F. Guindeo, A. Navarro, N. Thermodynamic characterisation of particleboard using sorption isotherms. Wood Research. 53(2): 45-56.
Abstract: The sorption and desorption isotherms of standard particleboard were obtained in this study using the equilibrium moisture contents achieved by applying the gravimetric method of saturated salts at 35 degrees C and 50 degrees C in the water activity range of 0.11 to 0.89. The curves were fitted following the Guggenheim, Anderson and Boer-Dent model, […]
13 – de Palacios, P. García Esteban, L. Guindeo A. García Fernández, F. Fernández Canteli A. Navarro N. Variation of impact bending in the wood of Pinus sylvestris L. in relation to its position in the tree. Forest Products Journal. 58(3): 55-60.
The response of the wood of Pinus sylvestris L. to impact bending using the Charpy method was studied in 2940 defect-free, oriented test pieces from the central board of 10 trees felled during scheduled cutting, with the values obtained being related to the position of the test piece in the tree, both from the pith to the outside and in terms of its height in the tree […]
12 – García Esteban, L. de Palacios, P. García Fernández, F. Guindeo A. Navarro Cano, N. Sorption and thermodynamic properties of old and new Pinus sylvestris wood. Wood and Fiber Science. 40(1): 111-121.
The 35 degrees and 50 degrees C isotherms of juvenile Pinus sylvestris L. wood from recently cut trees were compared with those of juvenile wood of the same species previously forming part of an 18(th) century wooden building in order to determine the thermodynamic properties of the two types of wood through the isotherms. The isotherms were plotted using the gravimetric method of saturated salts […]
11 – García Esteban, L. de Palacios, P. Guindeo A. García Fernández, F. Comparative anatomy of the wood of Abies pinsapo and its two moroccan varieties. IAWA Journal. 28(3): 285-298.
This study describes the structure of the wood of Abies pinsapo from samples taken from its three natural distribution areas in the Iberian Peninsula (Sierra de Grazalema, Sierra de las Nieves and Sierra Bermeja) and compares them with the varieties from the north of Africa, Abies pinsapo var. marocana from the Talassemtane mountains and A. pinsapo var. tazaotana from the Tazaout mountains […]
10 – García Esteban, L. de Palacios, P. Pinsapo forests: past, present and future. Bois et Forêt des Tropiques. 292: 39-47.
Abstract: In view of the unique nature of the discovery, this article is an account of the three botanical expeditions made to the natural enclaves of Abies pinsapo Boiss., firstly by the Swiss botanist Edmond Boissier in 1837, then by the Spanish forestry engineers Luis Ceballos Fernández de Córdoba and Manuel Martín Bolaños in 1928, and later by […]
07 – Garcia Esteban, L., de Palacios, P., Garcia Fernandez, F., Guindeo, A., Gril, J., Comparison of the hygroscopic behaviour of 205-year-old and recently cut juvenile wood from Pinus sylvestris L. Annals of Forest Science. 63: 309-317.
The hygroscopic response of the juvenile wood of Pinus sylvestris L. from recently cut trees from the Valsain Forest in Segovia, Spain (new wood) was compared to that of the juvenile wood of the same species used in roof rafters installed at the end of the eighteenth century (old wood), which came from the same forest. The 35 degrees C isotherms were plotted using the saturated salts method […]
09 – García Esteban, L. de Palacios, P. Philippe, M. Guindeo, A. García Fernández, F. New xylological data and the biogeography of the Iberian Peninsula during the Early Cretaceous. Geobios. 39: 805-816.
● DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2005.09.003 Abstract: The position of the Iberian Peninsula during the Early Cretaceous, sandwiched between Laurasia and Gondwana, makes it an important area for the biogeography study of terrestrial ecosystems. Relevant data are, however, scarce. The discovery of silicified wood in the west of the Cameros Basin, in the village Hacinas (Spain), is the […]
08 – García Esteban, L. Medina, J.C. de Palacios, P. Guindeo, A. García Fernández, F. Oriented stranboard panels made from quebracho blanco (Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco Schlecht.) and Pinus taeda L. Forest Product Journal. 56(5): 37-42.
Abstract: Through this work, the technical and industrial viability of the use of the wood of quebracho blanco (Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco Schlecht.) in the making of oriented strandboard (OSB) panels was studied. Due to the high density of this wood, a mixture was made using strands of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.), whose low density allows panels with […]
06 – García Esteban, L. Gasson P. Climent, J.M. de Palacios de Palacios, P. Guindeo Casasús, A. The wood of Pinus canariensis C. Smith and its resinous heartwood. IAWA Journal. 26(1): 69-77.
Pinus canariensis (Canary Island Pine or Pitch Pine) forms natural forests on the islands of Tenerife and La Palma. The heartwood has an extraordinarily high resin content, and this paper provides an anatomical description of the wood as well as an interpretation of the factors relating to this resinification. Pinus canariensis possesses many subsidiary parenchyma cells surrounding the axial resin canals […]
05 – García Esteban, L. Gril J. de Palacios de Palacios, P. Guindeo Casasús, A. Reduction of wood hygroscopicity and associated dimensional response by repeated humidity cicles. Annals of Forest Science. 62: 275-285. DOI: 10.1051/forest:2005020.
The reduction of wood response to variations of ambient humidity, described as kind of ageing, has been studied from both points of view of moisture uptake and dimensional changes. Clearwood specimens from 3 gymnosperms (Pinus sylvestris L., Pinus pinaster Ait., Pinus insignis Douglas) and 4 angiosperms […]
