Tracheid length and microfibril angle of young Taiwania grown under different thinning and pruning treatments

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 437-444

  Chiu, Chih Ming ^a   Lin, Cheng Jung ^a   Wang, Song Yung ^b  

^a TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Microfibril angle; Pruning; Taiwania; Thinning; Tracheid length

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; CELLULOSE; CORRELATION METHODS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

MICROFIBRIL ANGLE; TAIWANIA CRYPTOMERIOIDES; TRACHEID LENGTH;

SOFTWOODS;

BEND STRENGTH; CORRELATION; DBH; FIBRILS; GROWTH RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRUNING; TAIWANIA; THINNING; TRACHEIDS; WOOD DENSITY; WOOD PROPERTIES;

TAIWANIA; TAIWANIA CRYPTOMERIOIDES;

EID: 23844551606     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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