The effect of age at harvest on bending and tensile properties of loblolly pine from the coastal plain

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 85-88

  Mcalister, Robert H ^a   Clark III, Alexander ^a   Saucier, Joseph R ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 0242531535     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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