Implications of selecting tree clones with high modulus of elasticity

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-71

  Lindström, Hakan ^a   Evans, R ^b   Reale, M ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Density; Fibre dimension; Fibre length; Microfibril angle; Modulus of elasticity; Pinus radiata; Tree clones; Wood properties; Wood quality

Indexed keywords

CLONING; DRYING; ELASTIC MODULI; FORESTRY; LUMBER; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL FIBERS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SAWMILLS; STIFFNESS; TIMBER;

CLONE MATERIAL; MICROFIBRIL ANGLE; RADIAL DIRECTION; THREE CLONES; WOOD PROPERTY GRADIENTS;

SOFTWOODS;

ECONOMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; WOOD QUALITY;

CLONES; DBH; DENSITY; ELASTIC STRENGTH; FIBER DIMENSIONS; FIBER LENGTH; FIBRILS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; JUVENILE WOOD; LUMBER; PINUS RADIATA; SAW MILLS; STIFFNESS; WOOD FIBERS; WOOD PROPERTIES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 27344455400     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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