Pl@ntWood: A computer-assisted identification tool for 110 species of amazon trees based on wood anatomical features

IAWA Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 221-232

  Sarmiento, Carolina ^a,b   Détienne, Pierre ^c   Heinz, Christine ^d   Molino, Jean François ^a   Grard, Pierre ^a   Bonnet, Pierre ^a  

^a UMR AMAP   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Amazonian woods; Computer assisted identification; Tropical tree species; Wood identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958158614     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90000053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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