Wood collections in Australia: A history of expansion and retraction

Australian Forestry

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-28

  Dadswell, Gordon ^a   Dargavel, John ^b   Evans, Philip D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

collections; E.H.F. Swain; electron microscopy; H.E. Dadswell; herbaria; microstructure; wood; wood anatomy; xylaria

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MICROSTRUCTURE;

COLLECTIONS; E.H.F. SWAIN; H.E. DADSWELL; HERBARIA; WOOD ANATOMY; XYLARIA;

WOOD;

XYLARIA;

EID: 84930926862     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2015.1011798     Document Type: Article

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