Increment Cores How to Collect, Handle, and Use Them.

Abstract

This paper describes increment cores (a useful tool in forestry and wood technology) and their uses which include age determination, growth increment, specific gravity determination, fiber length measurements, fibril angle measurements, cell measurements, and pathological investigations. Also described is the use and care of the increment borer which is essential in obtaining good cores. A caution is also given as to the tree damage that boring can cause, with suggestions for minimizing damage. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA078851

Entities

People

  • Robert R. Maeglin

Organizations

  • Forest Products Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anatomy
  • Cells
  • Cellular Structures
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Forestry
  • Forests
  • Fungi
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Microscopes
  • Microscopy
  • Moisture Content
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Specific Gravity
  • X Rays

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  • Forest Ecology
  • Spectroscopy.
  • Theoretical Analysis.