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Environmental effects on heartwood extractive content and their consequences for natural durability in Douglas-fir and western redcedar

Creator:

Taylor, Adam McVaugh, 1969-

Abstract:

Heartwood can have properties that are distinct from sapwood, including resistance to insect and microbial attack. Despite the practical importance of heartwood formation in trees, a review of the literature revealed that little was known about the effects of environmental factors on heartwood quality or how variations in heartwood properties...

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Dissertation

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Adam M. Taylor for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Wood