Flexural properties of lumber from two 40-year-old loblolly pine plantations with different stand densities

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 375-380

  Biblis, Evangelos J ^a   Carino, Honorio F ^a   Brinker, Richard ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexural properties; Loblolly pine; Lumber; Plantations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010086977     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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