Prior land-use influences wood properties of Pinus radiata in New South Wales

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 72-90

  Raymond, Carolyn A ^a   Anderson, D W ^a  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fibre length; Juvenile wood; Land use; Microfibril angle; Pinus radiata; Wood density; Wood properties

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); LAND USE; NATURAL FIBERS; PH; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOFTWOODS;

AIR-DRY DENSITY; BETTER-QUALITY WOOD; BREAST-HEIGHT CORES; JUVENILE COREWOOD; MICROFIBRIL ANGLE; OUTERWOOD BASIC DENSITY;

FORESTRY;

LAND USE; SOIL TYPE; WOOD QUALITY;

AGING; BARK; DBH; DENSITY; FIBER DIMENSIONS; FIBER LENGTH; FIBRILS; FINENESS; FORESTRY; JUVENILE WOOD; LAND USE; PH; PINUS RADIATA; PLANTATIONS; WOOD PROPERTIES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORLD;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 27344454991     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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