Fibre length and wood colour variation in three radiata pine discs having varying levels of compression wood

Appita Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 386-392

  Kibblewhite, R Paul ^a   Riddell, Mark J C ^a   Sherman, Lou O ^a  

^a Ensis   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circumferential variation; Compression wood; Fibre length; Growth layer; Radial variation; Wood colour

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CORRELATION METHODS; FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS; WOOD;

CIRCUMFERENTIAL VARIATION; GROWTH LAYER; RADIAL VARIATION; WOOD COLOR; WOOD COLOR VARIATION;

FIBERS;

COLOR; COMPRESSION WOOD; CORRELATION; FIBER LENGTH; GROWTH; PINUS; WOOD FIBERS;

EID: 25444524285     PISSN: 10386807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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