Solid-wood production from temperate eucalypt plantations: A Tasmanian case study

Southern Forests

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-57

  Beadle, C ^a,b,e   Volker, P ^a,c   Bird, T ^d   Mohammed, C ^a,b,e   Barry, K ^e   Pinkard, L ^a,b   Wiseman, D ^a,f   Harwood, C ^a,b   Washusen, R ^a,b   Wardlaw, T ^a,c   Nolan, G ^e  

^a CRC Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d Forests and Forest Industry Council   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f Tropical Forestry Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Plantations; Solid wood

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 57149098431     PISSN: 20702620     EISSN: 20702639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/SOUTH.FOR.2008.70.1.6.516     Document Type: Review

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