Compression wood formation in Pinus strobus L. following ice storm damage in southwestern Virginia

To evaluate the compression wood response in eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.) following a severe ice storm in 1994, 47 trees were felled in 2007 and cross-sectional samples were collected at 0.5 (±0.2) m stem height. The disks were sanded and digitally scanned, and the cross-sectional area (m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hook, Benjamin Austin
Other Authors: Forestry
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42492
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05042010-085950/