Geospatial and within tree variation of wood density and spiral grain in Douglas-fir

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 81-85

  Acuna, Mauricio A ^a,b   Murphy, Glen ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

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COASTAL RANGES OF OREGON; LOG MARKETS; ON-BOARD COMPUTERS;

MARKETING; SOFTWOODS;

FORESTRY;

MARKETING; PSEUDOTSUGA; TREES;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 33646749154     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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