Comparative termite resistance of 12 Malaysian timber species in laboratory tests

Holzforschung

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-130

  Kadir, Roszaini ^a,b   Hale, Mike D ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

C. gestroi; Coptotermes curvignathus; Extractive contents; Natural durability; Termite resistance; Wood density

Indexed keywords

C. GESTROI; COPTOTERMES CURVIGNATHUS; EXTRACTIVE CONTENTS; NATURAL DURABILITY; WOOD DENSITY;

DURABILITY; HARDWOODS;

TERMITE RESISTANCE;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; HEART WOOD; MALAYSIA; TERMITES; WOOD DENSITY;

COPTOTERMES CURVIGNATHUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 84856173672     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2011.116     Document Type: Article

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