Grade recovery, value, and return-to-log for the production of NZ visual grades (cuttings and framing) and Australian machine stress grades

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 485-502

  Beauregard, Robert L ^a   Gazo, Rado ^a   Ball, Roderick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australian Machine Stress Grade; Branch; Clones; Density; Internode; NZ Cuttings; NZ Visual Framing; Pinus radiata; Product value

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; LUMBER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIAN MACHINE STRESS GRADES (MSG); NEW ZEALAND (NZ) CUTTINGS;

FORESTRY;

FIBRILS; HARVESTING; LUMBER; PINUS RADIATA; PRUNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036641064     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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