Variation in loblolly pine ring microfibril angle in the southeastern United States

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 352-363

  Jordan, Lewis ^a   He, Rechun ^a   Hall, Daniel B ^a   Clark III, Alexander ^b   Daniels, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustered data; Loblolly pipe; Random effects; Repeated measures; Wood properties

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLUSTERED DATA; LOBLOLLY PINE RING MICROFIBRIL; MICROFIBRIL ANGLE; NONLINEAR MIXED-EFFECTS MODEL; PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGION;

SOFTWOODS;

ANGLES; DIRECTIONAL MEASUREMENT; FIBRILS; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS TAEDA; WOOD PROPERTIES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 34249053808     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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