Effect of seasonality on bulk density, moisture content, and specific gravity of loblolly pine tree-length pulpwood logs in southern Arkansas

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 204-208

  Patterson, David W ^a,b   Doruska, Paul F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOBLOLLY PINE PULPWOOD TREES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAVITATION; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MOISTURE;

FORESTRY;

BULK DENSITY; LOGS; PINUS; PULP WOOD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 30344456393     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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