Characterization of selected wood properties in commercially produced southern pine finger-jointed dimension lumber

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 43-46

  Knowles, Christopher D ^a,b,c  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINGER-JOINTED PRODUCTS; WOOD MAKING;

FORESTRY; LUMBER; OPTIMIZATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

WOOD;

LUMBER; OPTIMIZATION; PINUS; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS; WOOD PROPERTIES;

PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 33749635443     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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