Knotwood as a window to the indirect measurement of the decay resistance of Scots pine heartwood

Holzforschung

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 600-604

  Karppanen, Outi ^a   Venäläinen, Martti ^a   Harju, Anni M ^a   Willför, Stefan ^b   Pietarinen, Suvi ^b   Laakso, Tapio ^a   Kainulainen, Pirjo ^c  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decay resistance; Heartwood; Knotwood; Phenolic compound; Resin acid; Stilbene

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); FORESTRY;

HEARTWOOD; KNOTWOOD; PHENOLIC COMPOUND;

WOOD;

DECAY RESISTANCE; RESIN ACIDS; STILBENES;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 34547746846     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2007.091     Document Type: Article

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