Processing young plantation-grown Eucalyptus nitens for solid-wood products. 2: Predicting product quality from tree, increment core, disc, and 1-M billet properties

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-113

  McKenzie, H M ^a   Shelbourne, C J A ^a   Kimberley, M O ^a   McKinley, R B ^a   Britton, R A J ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Billet; Checking; Collapse; Correlation; Disc; Eucalyptus nitens; Growth stress; Individual tree; Sawing; Shrinkage; Stiffness; Timber; Veneer; Wood properties

Indexed keywords

DRYING; ELASTICITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); TIMBER; WOOD PRODUCTS;

MICROFIBRIL ANGLE (MFA);

FORESTRY;

PROCESSING; TIMBER HARVESTING; WOOD;

EUCALYPTUS NITENS;

EID: 0242369989     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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