Models of internal knot properties for Picea abies

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 147, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 123-138

  Moberg, Lennart ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Individual tree models; Knot diameter; Knot frequency; Knot length; Wood quality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAWMILLS;

INTERNAL KNOTS;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

DECISION MAKING; KNOTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; SAW MILLS;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0035973417     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00471-0     Document Type: Article

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