Radial variations of wood properties in Casuarina equisetifolia growing in Bangladesh

Journal of Wood Science

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-143

  Chowdhury, Md Qumruzzaman ^a,b   Ishiguri, Futoshi ^a   Iizuka, Kazuya ^a   Takashima, Yuuya ^a,b   Matsumoto, Kahoru ^a   Hiraiwa, Tokiko ^a   Ishido, Megumi ^a   Sanpe, Hiroyuki ^a   Yokota, Shinso ^a   Yoshizawa, Nobuo ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basic density; Casuarina equisetifolia; Compression strength; Fiber length; Vessel element length

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; WOOD;

BANGLADESH; BASIC DENSITY; BREAST HEIGHT; CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; CONSTANT VALUES; FIBER LENGTH; RADIAL VARIATIONS; VESSEL ELEMENT LENGTH; WOOD PROPERTIES;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

BANGLADESH; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; FIBER LENGTH; FIBERS; FORESTRY; PLANTATIONS; WOOD PROPERTIES;

CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA;

EID: 65049086807     PISSN: 14350211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10086-008-1004-2     Document Type: Article

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