Biological durability of wood in relation to end-use

Holz als Roh - und Werkstoff

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-45

  Van Acker, Joris ^a   Stevens, Marc ^a   Carey, Janice ^b   Sierra Alvarez, Reyes ^c   Militz, Holger ^c   Le Bayon, Isabelle ^d   Kleist, Gunnar ^e   Peek, Rolf Dieter ^e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Ctr for Timber Technol Construction ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d CTBA   (France)

^e Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DURABILITY; MATERIALS TESTING; SERVICE LIFE; TIMBER;

BASIDIOMYCETE; BIOLOGICAL DURABILITY; SOIL SOFT ROT TESTING;

WOOD;

DURABILITY; HARDWOODS; LUMBER; MATERIALS TESTING; SERVICE LIFE; SOFTWOODS;

EID: 0037294134     PISSN: 00183768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00107-002-0351-8     Document Type: Article

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