Radial distribution of heartwood extractives and lignin in mature european larch

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 387-394

  Gierlinger, Notburga ^a   Wimmer, Rupert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acetone soluble extractives; Hot water extractives; Larix decidua Mill.; Phenolics; Within tree variability

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LIGNIN; PHENOLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACETONE SOLUBLE EXTRACTIVES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; HEARTWOOD EXTRACTIVES; HOT WATER EXTRACTIVES; PHENOLICS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION; WITHIN TREE VARIABILITY;

WOOD;

ACETONE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXTRACTIVE CONTENT; HARVESTING; HEART WOOD; JUVENILE WOOD; LARIX DECIDUA; LIGNIN CONTENT; MATURE WOOD; PHENOL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAP WOOD; TREES;

LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA;

EID: 3843060224     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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