Do Douglas-fir branches and roots have juvenile wood?

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 651-660

  Peterson, Matthew G ^a   Dietterich, Hannah R ^b,c   Lachenbruch, Barbara ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept Of Wood Science And Engineering   (United States)

^c POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Branch; Density; Douglas fir; Juvenile wood; Root; Specific gravity; Tracheid length

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FORESTRY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASYMPTOTIC VALUE; CAMBIAL AGES; RADIAL PATTERNS;

SOFTWOODS;

BARK; BRANCHES; JUVENILE WOOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PITH; PSEUDOTSUGA; ROOTS; STEMS; TRACHEIDS; WOOD DENSITY; WOOD PROPERTIES;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII VAR. MENZIESII;

EID: 36248992259     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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