Growth rate and wood properties of Norway spruce cutting clones on different sites

Silva Fennica

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 247-256

  Raiskila, Sanni ^a   Saranpää, Pekka ^a   Fagerstedt, Kurt ^b   Laakso, Tapio ^a   Löija, Mia ^c   Mahlberg, Riitta ^c   Paajanen, Leena ^c   Ritschkoff, Anne Christine ^c  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Density; Growth rate; Mechanical strength; Modulus of elasticity; Modulus of rupture; Norway spruce

Indexed keywords

CLONING; DENSITOMETERS; ELASTIC MODULI; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOILS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

LATEWOOD DENSITY; SOIL PROPERTIES; WEIGHT DENSITY; X-RAY DENSITOMETRIC METHOD;

SOFTWOODS;

CLONE; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL PROPERTY;

CLONES; DENSITOMETERS; DENSITY; ELASTIC STRENGTH; GROWTH RATE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PICEA ABIES; SOFTWOODS; SOIL;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33745881031     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: 00375330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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