Influence of initial planting spacing and genotype on microfibril angle, wood density, fibre properties and modulus of elasticity in Pinus radiata D. Don corewood

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1924-1931

  Lasserre, Jean Pierre ^a   Mason, Euan G ^b   Watt, Michael S ^c   Moore, John R ^d  

^a Forestal Mininco Chile   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c SCION   (New Zealand)

^d EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density; Fibre length; Radiata pine; Stand density; Stem slenderness; Stiffness; Taper

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; FIBRE LENGTH; RADIATA PINE; STAND DENSITY; STEM SLENDERNESS; TAPER;

CELL MEMBRANES; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FIBERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; WOOD;

FORESTRY;

CLONE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ELASTIC MODULUS; POPULATION GENETICS; SPACING;

CELLS; DENSITY; ELASTICITY; FIBERS; FORESTRY; MEMBRANES; PINUS RADIATA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEM FIBERS; STIFFNESS; WOOD;

PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 70349217927     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.028     Document Type: Article

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