Standing tree quality assessments using ultrasound

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 496, Issue , 1999, Pages 269-277

  Sandoz, J L ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decay; Detection; Living tree; Quality; Singularity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877825794     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1999.496.34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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