Field test of resistance of modified wood to marine borers

Wood Material Science and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-38

  Westin, Mats ^a   Rapp, Andreas ^b   Nilsson, Thomas ^c  

^a SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^b Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Durability; Field test; Limnoria; Marine borer; Modified wood; Teredo

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013462463     PISSN: 17480272     EISSN: 17480280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17480270600686978     Document Type: Article

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