Characterization of mechanically perturbed young stems: Can it be used for wood quality screening?

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 407-414

  Apiolaza, Luis A ^a   Butterfield, Brian ^a   Chauhan, Shakti S ^a   Walker, John C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acoustic assessments; Clones; Compression wood; Early selection; Wood stiffness

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLONAL GROWTH; CONIFEROUS TREE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; RESIN; STEM; ULTRASONICS; WOOD QUALITY;

RADIATA;

EID: 79956116158     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-011-0028-8     Document Type: Article

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