AVALIAÇÃO DE DIFERENTES NÍVEIS DE DESBASTE NAS PROPRIEDADES DA MADEIRA E DO CARVÃO VEGETAL DE Eucalyptus grandis x Eucalyptus urophylla

This research aimed to evaluate effects of different levels of thinning in the physical and chemical properties of wood and charcoal from a hybrid clone of Eucalyptus urophylla W. Hill ex Maiden x Eucalyptus grandis S. T. Blake. The experiment was conducted in a plot of a forestry company which was divided into four tracks, representing the thinning levels of 0, 20, 35 and 50% applied to five years old plantations. Three trees were collected from each treatment, 62 months after thinning. Basic density, calorific power and chemical composition of wood had been determined, as well as charcoal properties as follows: gravimetric yields, density, chemical immediate composition and calorific power. Wood presented suitable technological characteristics for charcoal production, under different levels of thinning, but these did not influence significantly charcoal physical and chemical properties.