The within-tree variation in wood density and shrinkage, and their relationship in Populus euramericana

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-126

  Kord, Behzad ^a   Kialashaki, Ali ^b   Kord, Behrouz ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Correlation; Populus euramericana; Variation; Wood density; Wood shrinkage

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHRINKAGE;

POPULUS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; VARIATION; VOLUMETRIC SHRINKAGE; WITHIN-TREE VARIATION; WOOD DENSITY; WOOD PHYSICAL PROPERTY; WOOD SHRINKAGE;

HARDWOODS;

CORRELATION; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; PLANTATION; SHRINKAGE; STEM; TREE;

CLONES; CORRELATION; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; POPULUS EURAMERICANA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHRINKAGE; WOOD DENSITY;

IRAN;

POPULUS X CANADENSIS;

EID: 77749267493     PISSN: 1300011X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/tar-0903-14     Document Type: Article

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