Wood properties and their variations within the tree stem of lesser-used species of tropical hardwood from Ghana

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 284-291

  Poku, Kofi ^a   Wu, Qinglin ^a   Vlosky, Richard ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression parallel to the grain; Lesser used species; Shrinkage; Specific gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042868836     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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