Mechanical properties of stemwood and limbwood of seed orchard loblolly pine

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 91-94

  McAlister, R H ^a,b   Powers, H R ^a   Pepper, W D ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIMBS; STEMS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI; FORESTRY; STIFFNESS;

WOOD;

EID: 0034301219     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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