Modelling jack pine lumber value recovery in relation to tree characteristics using Optitek simulation

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-72

  Tong, Q J ^a   Zhang, S Y ^a,b  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT (DBH); JACK PINE LUMBER; LUMBER VALUE RECOVERY (LVR);

FORESTRY; OPTIMIZATION; SAWMILLS;

LUMBER;

LUMBER; OPTIMIZATION;

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 32544451283     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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