Non-destructive assessment of internal decay in three hardwood species of northeastern North America using sonic and electrical impedance tomography

Forestry

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-39

  Brazee, Nicholas J ^a   Marra, Robert E ^b   Göcke, Lothar ^c   Van Wassenaer, Phillip ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

^c Argus Electronic GmbH   (Germany)

^d Urban Forest Innovations Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST COVER; FUNGUS; TEMPERATE FOREST; TOMOGRAPHY; WOOD;

CONNECTICUT; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; BETULA LENTA; BETULA NIGRA; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA;

EID: 79951625129     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpq040     Document Type: Article

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