Structural lumber from dense stands of small-diameter Douglas-fir trees

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 42-50

  Green, David W ^a   Lowell, Eini C ^b   Hernandez, Roland ^a  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUGLAS-FIR; GLUE LAMINATED BEAMS;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; HAZARDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

LUMBER;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; LUMBER; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 25144440934     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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