Plantation-grown New Zealand kauri: A preliminary study of wood properties

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-49

  Steward, Greg A ^a   McKinley, R B ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agathis australis; Heartwood; Sapwood; Wood properties

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI; MATERIALS TESTING; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SHRINKAGE; SOFTWOODS; STIFFNESS;

AGATHIS AUSTRALIS; BASIC DENSITY; PLANTATION-GROWTH STEMS; SOLID WOOD PROPERTIES;

FORESTRY;

PLANTATION; WOOD QUALITY;

AGATHIS; DBH; DENSITY; ELASTIC STRENGTH; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; HEART WOOD; NEW ZEALAND; PLANTATIONS; SAP WOOD; SHRINKAGE; STEMS; STIFFNESS; WOOD PROPERTIES; WOOD TESTS;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WORLD;

AGATHIS AUSTRALIS;

EID: 27344443998     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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