Black spruce trees from fire-origin stands have higher wood mechanical properties than those from older, irregular stands

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 118-127

  Torquato, Luciane Paes ^a   Auty, David ^a   Hernández, Roger E ^a   Duchesne, Isabelle ^b,c   Pothier, David ^a   Achim, Alexis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b FPINNOVATIONS   (Canada)

^c NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RING WIDTH; CANADIAN BOREAL FOREST; COMPRESSION WOODS; FIRE RETURN INTERVALS; IRREGULAR STRUCTURES; MIXED-EFFECTS MODELS; MODULUS OF RUPTURE; REGULAR STRUCTURE;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

FORESTRY;

AGE; BOREAL FOREST; ELASTICITY; FOREST FIRE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; STAND STRUCTURE; STEM; TREE; WOOD;

COMPRESSION WOOD; FORESTRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PICEA MARIANA; QUEBEC;

CANADA;

EID: 84893558968     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2013-0164     Document Type: Article

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