Evaluation of the efficacy of selected thermal boron treatments in eliminating pests in freshly peeled Douglas-fir logs

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 66-70

  He, Wenlong ^a   Simonsen, W J ^a   Chen, Hua ^a   Morrell, J J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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