Mechanical grading of lumber sawn from small-diameter lodgepole pine, ponderosa pine, and grand fir trees from northern Idaho

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 59-65

  Erikson, Robert G ^a,b,c   Gorman, Thomas M ^a,b,c   Green, David W ^a,b,c   Graham, Dean ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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