Welling, JohannesBartolo-Cuba, John AlbertSánchez-Blanco, José CarlosAhrens-Castillo, Javier LuisUgarte-Oliva, José Alfredo2025-10-172025-10-172023-4https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14523/503In the Amazonian forests of Perú a large variety of native wood species can be found, of which only a few are commercially exploited. Exploitation is focused on high density durable hardwoods for flooring applications. After selective logging of a few valuable trees the forests often are considered being “unproductive” because there is no market for most of the remaining trees. Having a long-term sustainable forest management and utilization plan in mind, a continuous extraction of more tree species is desirable. For opening out new markets for lesser-used species a concise knowledge of their physical and mechanical properties is essential. Fifteen lesser-used Peruvian wood species were investigated to characterize their wood/water relations. Density, shrinkage behavior, and sorption characteristics were determined. In addition, the functional relation between electrical resistance and moisture content was determined to provide a sound basis for non-destructive moisture content measurements. © 2023 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.application/pdfenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Electrical resistance/moisture relationelectrical wood propertieslesser-used Peruvian speciesphysical wood propertiessorption isotherminfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-221x2023000100424https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.01.00https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#2.10.00https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.04.00