Understanding and managing wood quality for improving product value in□New□Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 205-220

  Cown, Dave ^a  

^a Ensis   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pinus radiata; Segregation tools; Variation; Wood properties

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LUMBER; MANAGEMENT; SPECTROSCOPY; STIFFNESS; TIMBER;

GENETIC SELECTION; LUMBER SEGREGATION; PINUS RADIATA; SILVICULTURAL TECHNIQUES; VALUE RECOVERY; VENEER GRADING; WOOD PROPERTIES;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST PRODUCT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; WOOD QUALITY;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FOREST GENETICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; LUMBER; PINUS RADIATA; SEPARATION; SILVICULTURE; SPECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; VENEERS; WOOD PRODUCTS; WOOD PROPERTIES;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 33744771705     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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