Uses and desirable properties of wood in the 21st century

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 165-173

  Wegner, Theodore ^a   Skog, Kenneth E ^a   Ince, Peter J ^a   Michler, Charles J ^b  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b North Central Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest Productivity; Future Resource Needs; Research Needs; Wood Properties; Wood Utilization

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS; COMMERCIAL USE; END-USES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; FUTURE RESOURCE NEEDS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESEARCH NEEDS; SHORT-ROTATION WOODY CROPS; TIMBER HARVESTS; WOOD USE; WOOD UTILIZATION;

FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

WOOD;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TIMBER; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WOOD;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; CHELATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; PLANTATIONS; PRODUCTIVITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; RESEARCH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; USA; WOOD; WOOD PROPERTIES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954064434     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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