A method for the characterization of knots in logs

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 57-62

  Lemieux, Hugo ^a   Usenius, Arto ^b   Samson, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

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EID: 0346562641     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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