Wood production in a natural stand of Acacia karroo in Zimbabwe

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-295

  Gourlay, I D ^a   Smith, J P ^a   Barnes, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annual rings; Increment cores; Marginal parenchyma; Stem analysis; Wood yield

Indexed keywords

ACACIA KARROO; MIMOSACEAE;

STEM ANALYSIS; TIMBER PRODUCTION; YIELD;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030588350     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03782-6     Document Type: Article

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