Effects of height on physical properties of wood of jhau (Camarina equisetifolia)

Australian Forestry

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-36

  Chowdhury, Qumruzzaman ^a   Rashid, A Z M Manzoor ^a   Newaz, Shah ^b   Alam, Mabubud ^a  

^a SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Casuarina equisetifolia; Density; Height; Moisture content; Shrinkage; Wood properties

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; WOOD;

CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA; LONGITUDINAL SHRINKAGE; TANGENTIAL SHRINKAGE;

FORESTRY;

DENSITY; HEIGHT; MOISTURE CONTENT; SHRINKAGE; WOOD; WOOD PROPERTIES;

CASUARINA; CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA;

EID: 34047263624     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2007.10676260     Document Type: Article

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