Equipment for detection and evaluation of incipient decay in trees

Arboricultural Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-37

  Bethge, K ^a   Mattheck, C ^a   Hunger, E ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b IML Instrumenta Mechanik Labor GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY; FRACTOMETER; INCIPIENT DECAY; RESISTOGRAPH M; SOUND IMPULSE HAMMER; TREE;

EID: 0030457057     PISSN: 03071375     EISSN: 21681074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03071375.1996.9747095     Document Type: Article

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