Estimating air-drying times of small-diameter ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir logs

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 24-28

  Simpson, William T ^a   Wang, Xiping ^b  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-DRYING TIMES; DRYING EFFECTS; MOISTURE CONTENT (MC);

BIODIVERSITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRYING; KILNS; LOGGING (FORESTRY);

TIMBER;

BIODIVERSITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DRYING; KILNS; LOGGING; LOGS; PINUS; PSEUDOTSUGA;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 12144253809     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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