Effects of radial growth rate on selected indices for juvenile and mature wood of the Japanese larch

Journal of Wood Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 417-422

  Zhu, Jianjun ^a,b   Nakano, Tatsuo ^b   Hirakawa, Yasuhiko ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Juvenile wood; Larix kaempferi Carriere; Mature wood; Ring density; Tracheid length

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

TRACHEID LENGTH;

WOOD;

HARVESTING; JUVENILE WOOD; PLANTATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPRING WOOD; SUMMER WOOD; TRACHEIDS; TREES; WOOD;

LARIX; LARIX KAEMPFERI;

EID: 0008862459     PISSN: 14350211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00765798     Document Type: Article

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