A guide to the use of Mexican and Belizean timbers
<p>The problems of utilising the thousands of species of tree, found in tropical forests, in an efficient manner, to make useful products, have perplexed tropical foresters and wood-using industries for a long time. The number of species is large, the number of properties, which together deter...
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Oxford Forestry Institute, University of Oxford
1990
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Summary: | <p>The problems of utilising the thousands of species of tree, found in tropical forests, in an efficient manner, to make useful products, have perplexed tropical foresters and wood-using industries for a long time. The number of species is large, the number of properties, which together determine whether a species is used for a particular end-use,is often quite large and the quantities available of anyone species at a particular time are often quite small.</p> |
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