Tropolone content of increment cores as an indicator of decay resistance in western redcedar

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 364-369

  DeBell, Jeffrey D ^a,b   Morrell, Jeffrey J ^a   Gartner, Barbara L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Natural Resource Scientist   (United States)

Author keywords

Decay resistance; Thuja plicata; Thujaplicins; Tropolones

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011697275     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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