Effect of initial spacing on mechanical properties of lumber sawn from unthinned slash pine at age 40

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 107-109

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

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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