Moisture and blue stain distribution in mountain pine beetle infested lodgepole pine trees and industrial implications

Wood Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-16

  Chow, Suezone ^a   Obermajer, Alice ^a  

^a Canadian Forest Products Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; MOISTURE; TISSUE;

LODGEPOLE PINE TREES; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLES (MPB); STAIN DISTRIBUTION;

FORESTRY;

INSECTS; MOISTURE CONTENT; PINUS; SAP WOOD;

COLEOPTERA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 33846175374     PISSN: 00437719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00226-006-0089-2     Document Type: Article

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