Transition from juvenile to mature wood in black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.)

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 445-455

  Koubaa, Ahmed ^a   Isabel, Nathalie ^b   Zhang, Shu Yin ^c   Beaulieu, Jean ^b   Bousquet, Jean ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Juvenile wood; Mature wood; Ring density; Ring width; Transition

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FORESTRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; SOFTWOODS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

JUVENILE WOOD PRODUCTION PERIOD; RADIAL PATTERNS; RING DENSITY; RING WIDTH; TRANSITION AGE; X RAY DENSITOMETRY;

WOOD;

BIOLOGY; DBH; DENSITOMETRY; FORESTRY; JUVENILE WOOD; MATURE WOOD; PICEA MARIANA; PULP MILLS; SUMMER WOOD; WOOD DENSITY; WOOD PROPERTIES; X RAY ANALYSIS;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 23844432050     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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