Moisture content-water potential relationship of red pine sapwood above the fiber saturation point and determination of the effective pore size distribution

Wood Science and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 361-371

  Tremblay, C ^a   Cloutier, A ^a   Fortin, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 0042904287     PISSN: 00437719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00223556     Document Type: Article

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