Using the pilodyn to assess wood traits of standing trees larix kaempfri

Forest Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-79

  Zhu, Jing Le ^a,b   Wang, Jun Hui ^a   Zhang, Shou Gong ^a   Zhang, Jian Guo ^a   Sun, Xiao Mei ^a   Liang, Bao Song ^c   Zhao, Kun ^d  

^a State Forestry Administration   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^c HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Forestry Research Institute of Luoyang   (China)

Author keywords

Basic density; Correlation coefficient; Fiber length; Fiber width; Larix kaempfri; Pilodyn

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENSITY; TESTING METHOD; WOOD;

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EID: 64549113459     PISSN: 10011498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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