Prediction of knot diameter in Picea abies (L.) Karst

Holz als Roh - und Werkstoff

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 129-136

  Vestol G I ^a   Hoibo O A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOFTWOODS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

BUTT LOG;

TIMBER;

CROWNS; DBH; DIAMETER; GROWTH RINGS; KNOTS; PICEA ABIES; SITE INDEX;

EID: 0035324246     PISSN: 00183768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001070050484     Document Type: Article

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