Variation in selected wood properties of vochysia Guatemalensis from four sites in Costa Rica

Forest Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-191

  Gonzalez, J Eugenio ^a   Fisher, Richard F ^b  

^a Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber length; Geographic variation; Radial gradients; Tropical hardwoods; Wood density

Indexed keywords

VOCHYSIA GUATEMALENSIS;

EID: 7344257743     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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