Characterization of the wood quality of pernambuco (Caesalpinia echinata Lam) by measurements of density, extractives content, microfibril angle, stiffness, color, and NIR spectroscopy

Holzforschung

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 457-463

  Schimleck, Laurence R ^a   Espey, Charles ^b   Mora, Christian R ^a   Evans, Robert ^c   Taylor, Adam ^d   Muniz, Graciela ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Charles Espey Ltd   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bow quality; Caesalpinia echinata; Near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy; Wood properties; Wood quality

Indexed keywords

AIR-DRY DENSITY; BOW QUALITY; CAESALPINIA ECHINATA; EXTRACTIVES CONTENT; HIGH QUALITY; MEASURED PROPERTIES; MICROFIBRIL ANGLES; NEAR INFRA RED; NEAR INFRARED (NIR) SPECTROSCOPY; NIR SPECTROSCOPY; NIR SPECTRUM; PERNAMBUCO; WOOD COLOR;

FORESTRY; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

WOOD;

FORESTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; WOOD; WOOD PROPERTIES;

CAESALPINIA; CAESALPINIA ECHINATA;

EID: 67650300261     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2009.082     Document Type: Article

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