A comparison of earlywood-latewood demarcation methods - A case study in loblolly pine

IAWA Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-195

  Antony, Finto ^a   Schimleck, Laurence R ^a   Daniels, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Earlywood; Inflection point method; Latewood; Mork's index; Threshold density method

Indexed keywords

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 84862559725     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90000088     Document Type: Article

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