Influence of stocking on radial and longitudinal variation in modulus of elasticity, microfibril angle, and density in a 24-year-old pinus radiata thinning trial

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1422-1431

  Watt, Michael S ^a   Zoric, Branislav ^b   Kimberley, Mark O ^a   Harrington, Jonathan ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ELASTIC MODULI; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; WOOD;

GRAPHICAL MODEL; LONGITUDINAL VARIATIONS; MEASUREMENTS OF; MICROFIBRIL ANGLES; PINUS RADIATA; TREE AGE; WOOD DENSITY; WOOD PROPERTIES;

FORESTRY;

AGE CLASS; EVERGREEN FOREST; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIAL FLOW; STOCKING DENSITY; THINNING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ELASTIC STRENGTH; EXTRACTIVES; FARM CROPS; FORESTRY; PINUS RADIATA; PLANTS; WOOD DENSITY; WOOD PROPERTIES;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 79960830970     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x11-070     Document Type: Article

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