A laboratory assessment of the natural durability of the lesser-utilised species Corynanthe pachyceras Welw. and Glyphaea brevis (Sprengel) Monachino against the marine wood borer Limnoria quadripunctata Holthius

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 71-74

  Rosenbusch, K ^a   Borges, L M S ^b   Cragg, S M ^b   Rapp, A O ^c   Pitman, A J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

^d BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corynanthe pachyceras; Glyphaea brevis; Limnoria; Natural durability; Stain fungi

Indexed keywords

DURABILITY; FEEDING; FUNGI; WOOD;

CORYNANTHE PACHYCERAS; GLYPHAEA BREVIS; LIMNORIA; NATURAL DURABILITY; STAIN FUNGI;

TISSUE;

MORTALITY;

DURABILITY; FEEDING; FUNGI; HEART WOOD; PLANT TISSUES; SAP WOOD;

CORYNANTHE PACHYCERAS; CRUSTACEA; FUNGI; GLYPHAEA BREVIS; LIMNORIA; LIMNORIA QUADRIPUNCTATA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 33644670968     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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