Regional variation in wood specific gravity of planted loblolly pine in the United States

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 698-710

  Jordan, Lewis ^a   Clark III, Alexander ^b   Schimleck, Laurence R ^a   Hall, Daniel B ^a   Daniels, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS;

TRANSITION WOODS;

WOOD;

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; HEIGHT; JUVENILE; PIEDMONT; PLANTATION; WOOD QUALITY;

DENSITY; FORESTS; TREES; WOOD PROPERTIES; WOOD SPECIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 43549119026     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-158     Document Type: Article

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