A method to map within-tree distribution of fibre properties using SilviScan-3 data

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 409-414

  Defo, Maurice ^a   Goodison, Andrew ^a   Uy, Nelson ^a  

^a FPINNOVATIONS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Armillaria ostoyae; Douglas fir; EvaluTreeMap; Fibre coarseness; Fibre properties; Mapping; Meshing; SilviScan 3; Stem volume; Tree's mean properties and standard deviation; Within tree variations

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; FIBERS; MAPPING; PLANTS (BOTANY); TEXTILE FIBERS;

ARMILLARIA OSTOYAE; DOUGLAS FIR; EVALUTREEMAP; FIBRE PROPERTIES; MESHING; SILVISCAN-3; STANDARD DEVIATION; STEM VOLUME; WITHIN-TREE VARIATION;

FORESTRY;

ALGORITHM; FIBER OPTICS; MAPPING METHOD; WOOD QUALITY;

ALGORITHMS; FINENESS; MAPPING; PLANTS; PSEUDOTSUGA; STEM FIBERS; TEXTILE FIBERS; TREES; WOOD FIBERS;

ABIES; ARMILLARIA; ARMILLARIA OSTOYAE; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 67651089520     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc85409-3     Document Type: Article

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