Laboratory screening of tropical hardwoods for natural resistance to the marine borer Limnoria quadripunctata: The role of leachable and non-leachable factors

Holzforschung

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-111

  Borges, Luisa M S ^a   Cragg, Simon M ^a   Bergot, Julien ^a,b   Williams, John R ^c   Shayler, Ben ^a   Sawyer, Gervais S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c TRADA Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extractives; Limnoria quadripunctata; Marine borer; Natural durability; Screening

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; FEEDING; PRODUCTION; SEAWATER; TIMBER;

MINQUARTIA GUIANENSIS; NATURAL RESISTANCE; WATER-SOLUBLE COMPOUNDS;

HARDWOODS;

BIOLOGICAL TESTS; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

ANIMALIA; BRUGUIERA GYMNORHIZA; CHLOROCARDIUM RODIEI; CYNOMETRA ANANTA; DICORYNIA GUIANENSIS; DISTEMONANTHUS BENTHAMIANUS; ENTEROLOBIUM SCHOMBURGKII; GOUPIA GLABRA; HYMENAEA; LIMNORIA; LIMNORIA QUADRIPUNCTATA; LOPHIRA ALATA; MAMMEA; MAMMEA AFRICANA; MINQUARTIA GUIANENSIS; NAUCLEA; NECTANDRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SACOGLOTTIS; SHOREA;

EID: 36849067917     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2008.015     Document Type: Article

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