FOREST PRODUCTS & WOOD SCIENCE an introduction

• Main Authors: Shmulsky, Rubin (Author), Jones, P. David 1976- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK Wiley-Blackwell 2011
• Edition: sixth edition
• Subjects: Wood; Lumber
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The new edition of this book offers a fully revised and updated review of the forest products industry. This important text covers the full spectrum of the subject, basing itself in a thorough understanding of the anatomical and physical nature of wood and providing a special emphasis on its use as...

Table of Contents:

• Tree growth and production of woody tissue
• Macroscopic character of wood
• Composition and structure of wood cells
• Softwood structure
• Hardwood structure
• Juvenile wood, reaction wood, and wood of branches
• Wood and water
• Density and spe