Effects of plantation density on wood density and anatomical properties of red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.)

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 502-512

  Zhu, J Y ^a   Scott, C Tim ^a   Scallon, Karen L ^a   Myers, Gary C ^a  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest thinning; Latewood content; Maceration; Plantation density; Pulp yield; Radial growth; Red pine; SilviScan; Small diameter trees; Tracheid (cell) geometry

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS; PULP;

RADIAL GROWTH;

SOFTWOODS;

ANATOMY; MACERATION; PINUS RESINOSA; PLANTATIONS; SPRING WOOD; SUMMER WOOD; THINNING; TRACHEIDS; WOOD DENSITY; YIELD;

PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 34547726304     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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