Comparison of physical and mechanical properties of tension and opposite wood from ten tropical rainforest trees from different species

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 503-510

  Ruelle, Julien ^a,b   Beauchene, Jacques ^a   Thibaut, Anne ^a   Thibaut, Bernard ^a  

^a Campus Agronomique   (France)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Opposite wood; Physical and mechanical properties; Tension wood; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; RAINFOREST; SHRINKAGE; TENSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34948885719     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2007027     Document Type: Article

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