Termite resistance of wood species grown in Hawaii

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 57-60

  Grace, J Kenneth ^a   Ewart, Donald M ^a,b   Tome, Carrie H M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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