Effects of the lateral growth rate on wood quality of Gmelina arborea from 3.5-, 7- and 12-year-old plantations

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 507-507

  Kojima, Miho ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Nugroho Marsoem, S ^b   Okuyama, Takashi ^a   Yoshida, Masato ^a   Nakai, Takahisa ^c   Yamashita, Saori ^a   Saegusa, Koichiro ^a   Matsune, Kenji ^d   Nakamura, Kentaro ^d   Inoue, Yoshihiko ^d   Arizono, Takeshi ^e  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Osaka Forestry Office   (Japan)

^e Faculty of Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Fast growing species; Gmelina arborea; Lateral growth rate; Tropical rain forest; Xylem quality

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIAMETER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RAINFOREST; SILVICULTURE; WOOD QUALITY; XYLEM;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

GMELINA ARBOREA;

EID: 70449602795     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009031     Document Type: Article

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