Stiffness and wood variation of 3-year old Pinus radiata clones

Wood Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 579-597

  Lindstrom H ^a   Harris, P ^b   Sorensson, C T ^c   Evans, R ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^c Trees and Technology   (New Zealand)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI; FORESTRY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STIFFNESS;

CLONAL RANGE; GROWTH TRAITS; MICROFIBRIL ANGLE (MFA); SPIRAL GRAINS;

WOOD;

CLONES; DENSITY; ELASTIC STRENGTH; PARAMETERS; PINUS RADIATA; STIFFNESS; WOOD;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 11244321940     PISSN: 00437719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00226-004-0249-1     Document Type: Article

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