Superior wood for violins - Wood decay fungi as a substitute for cold climate

New Phytologist

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1095-1104

  Schwarze, Francis W M R ^a   Spycher, Melanie ^a,b   Fink, Siegfried ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compound middle lamella; Radiation ratio; Resonance frequency; Resonance wood; Violins; Wood decay fungi

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; FUNGUS; MUSIC; PROCESSING; WOOD QUALITY;

ACER; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COLD CLIMATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYPORACEAE; SOUND; SPRUCE; WOOD; XYLARIALES;

ACER; BIOMECHANICS; COLD CLIMATE; MUSIC; PICEA; POLYPORACEAE; SOUND; WOOD; XYLARIALES;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; FUNGI; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 49249138322     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02524.x     Document Type: Article

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