Rapid measurement of trunk MOE on standing trees using Rigidimeter

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 59, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 465-469

  Launay, Jean ^a   Ivkovich, Milosh ^b   Pâques, Luc ^b   Bastien, Catherine ^b   Higelin, Pascal ^a   Rozenberg, Philippe ^b  

^a ESEM   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic improvement; Larch; Modulus of elasticity; Standing tree evaluation

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULUS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; TREE;

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EID: 0036661956     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2002030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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