Softwood lumber quality requirements: Examining the supplier/buyer perception gap

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-94

  Weinfurter, Stefan ^b   Hansen, Eric N ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Lumber quality; Perceived lumber quality; Softwood lumber

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002724715     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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