Ring width, latewood proportion and dry density in stems of Pinus brutia Ten.

European Journal of Wood and Wood Products

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-477

  Adamopoulos, Stergios ^a   Milios, Elias ^b   Doganos, Dimitris ^b   Bistinas, Ioannis ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RING; DRY DENSITY; GROWTH PERIOD; LATEWOOD; RING WIDTH; SAMPLING HEIGHTS; SITE INDEX CURVES; SITE QUALITY; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; STEM HEIGHT; STEMWOODS; WOOD MATERIALS; WOOD PROCESSING;

REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION;

CURING;

CURING; DATA; DENSITY; DRYING; FORESTS; PINUS; PROCESSING; REFORESTATION; WOOD;

EID: 70449355106     PISSN: 00183768     EISSN: 1436736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00107-009-0345-x     Document Type: Article

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