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Explaining biomass growth of tropical canopy trees: the importance of sapwood

open access: yes, 2015
Tropical forests are important in worldwide carbon (C) storage and sequestration. C sequestration of these forests may especially be determined by the growth of canopy trees.
van der Sande, M.T.   +5 more
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SOME ASPECTS OF WESTERN HEMLOCK AIR PERMEABILITY

open access: yesMaderas: Ciencia y Tecnología, 2008
Knowledge of the variability of fluid permeability of wood in general and of western hemlock in particular is of significant importance to the primary and secondary wood products processing industry of coastal British Columbia.
Prasad Rayirath, Stavros Avramidis
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The acidity of heart and sapwood from Chilenean chesnut (Castanea sativa)

open access: yes, 2000
Results of investigations on the acidity of heartwood and sapwood of chestnut from Chile led to the following conclusions: heartwood contains about 3% (based on wood) more hot water extractives than sapwood. The pH-value of cold and hot water extractives
Roffael, Edmone, Torres, M., Poblete, H.
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Physical and mechanical properties of wood of plantation grown Albizia lebbeck in the savannah ecological zone, Ghana

open access: yesLes
The increasing scarcity of major commercial tropical hardwood species has necessitated the utilization of plantation grown exotic timber species as a potential means of maintaining Ghana's foundation of timber resources.
Enoch Gbapenuo Tampori   +3 more
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Kinetics and model building of leaching of water-soluble compounds of Tilia sapwood

open access: yes, 2009
[[abstract]]The kinetics of the leaching ofwater-soluble compounds of Tilia sapwoodwas investigated.Abatch leaching model, based on the assumption of a second-order mechanism for the leaching, was developed to predict the rate constant of leaching, the ...
Ho, Y.S.;Harouna-Oumarou, H.A.;Fauduet, H.;Porte, C.
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Wood Color Variation in Anatomical Sections of Cedrus libani from Two Mediterranean Regions

open access: yesBioResources
Wood color is an important factor influencing the aesthetic and commercial value of timber products. This study aimed to clarify the natural color variation in Lebanon cedar (Cedrus libani A.
Uğur Özkan   +3 more
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Sapwood water content of lodgepole pine

open access: yes, 1974
Breast height sapwood water content fluctuations of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia Engelm) were studied with the objective of relating them to conducting xylem area, and to environmental and plant variables.
Rothwell, Richard L.
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Sapwood and Heartwood Contents on the Logs and Sawn Boards of Manglid (Manglieta glauca Bl.)

open access: yes, 2017
The aim of this research is to identify the characteristics of sapwood and heartwood of manglid wood both in the logs and sawn boards; and to evaluate the differences of sapwood and heartwood content of sawn board from two sawing patterns: live sawing ...
Widiyanto, Ary, Siarudin, Mohamad
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Relationship between tree age and sapwood/heartwood width in Populus tremuloides Michx

open access: yes, 1991
Populus tremuloides Michx. has become a major commercial species within the last decade. The proportion of sapwood and heartwood has a significant impact on various uses. The relationship between tree age and sapwood/heartwood width was studied using 101
Hazenberg, G., Yang, K.C.
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Evaluation of Mold and Termite Resistance of Included Sapwood in Eastern Redcedar

open access: yes, 2012
The heartwood of eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) frequently contains areas of light-colored wood. This "included sapwood" is considered to be a defect by some manufacturers.
Taylor, Adam. M.   +2 more
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