Wood and fibre productivity potential of promising new eucalypt species for coastal Zululand, South Africa

Australian Forestry

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-47

  Gardner, Robin A W ^a   Little, Keith M ^a   Arbuthnot, Athol ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR COMMERCIAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (South Africa)

^b Mondi Business Paper   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Corymbia; Eucalyptus; Plantations; Productivity; Pulping; Site species matching; South Africa; Species trials; Wood properties

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; NATURAL FIBERS; SOUTH AFRICA; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CORYMBIA; SITE SPECIES MATCHING; SPECIES TRIALS;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTATION; EUCALYPTUS; NATURAL FIBERS; PLANTATIONS; PRODUCTIVITY; PULPING; WOOD PRODUCTS; WOOD PROPERTIES;

CORYMBIA CITRIODORA; CORYMBIA HENRYI; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; EUCALYPTUS LONGIROSTRATA; EUCALYPTUS PILULARIS; EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS; EUCALYPTUS UROPHYLLA;

EID: 34047273217     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2007.10676261     Document Type: Article

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