Assessment of resonance wood quality by comparing its physical and histological properties

Wood Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-342

  Spycher, Melanie ^a,b   Schwarze, Francis W M R ^a,b   Steiger, René ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS;

HISTOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RADIATION RATIOS;

WOOD;

ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; WOOD PROPERTIES;

ACER; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 41149169703     PISSN: 00437719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00226-007-0170-5     Document Type: Article

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