Relationships between anatomical features and intra-ring wood density profiles in Gmelina arborea applying X-ray densitometry

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Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 384-392

  Roque, Róger Moya ^a   Tomazelo Filho, Mario ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gmelina arborea; Tree ring; Wood anatomy; Wood density; X ray densitometry

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENSITY; PLANTATION; TREE RING; WOOD QUALITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

GMELINA ARBOREA;

EID: 38049071209     PISSN: 01047760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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