The tensile strength of isolated wood rays of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and its significance for the biomechanics of living trees

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 168-170

  Burgert, Ingo ^a,b   Eckstein, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Beech; Biomechanics; Tensile strength; Wood rays

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MICROTENSILE TESTING; RAY PARENCHYMA;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 0035044893     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004680000086     Document Type: Article

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