Improving visual detection of growth rings of diffuse-porous hardwoods using fluorescence

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 612-616

  Lussier, Jean Martin ^a   Gagné, Roger ^a   Bélanger, Gilles ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acer; Betula; Dendrochronology; Diffuse porous hardwoods; Fluorescence; Tree ring analysis

Indexed keywords

DYES; FLUORESCENCE; FORESTRY; LIGHT SOURCES; POROUS MATERIALS; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES;

CONIFEROUS SPECIES; DIFFUSE-POROUS HARDWOODS; VISUAL DETECTION;

HARDWOODS;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DETECTION METHOD; FLUORESCENCE; TREE RING;

FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; LIGHT SOURCES; PLANING; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

ACER; BETULA;

EID: 8644246076     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc80612-5     Document Type: Article

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