Models for predicting wood density variation in Scots pine

Forestry

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 449-458

  Auty, David ^a,b   Achim, Alexis ^b   Macdonald, Elspeth ^a   Cameron, Andrew D ^c   Gardiner, Barry A ^a,d  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

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EID: 84899811830     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpu005     Document Type: Article

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