An overview of wood degradation patterns and their implications for tree hazard assessment

Arboricultural Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-32

  Schwarze, F W M R ^a   Fink, S ^a   Lonsdale, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; INONOTUS HISPIDUS; KRETZSCHMARIA DEUSTA; PHANEROCHAETE; USTULINA;

BROWN ROT; DECAY FUNGI; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SOFT ROT; WHITE ROT; WOOD DEGRADATION;

EID: 0031458489     PISSN: 03071375     EISSN: 21681074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03071375.1997.9747146     Document Type: Article

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