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Applying fertilisers to pine plantations after thinning could substantially increase the quality and quantity of wood harvested. This study assessed a range of fertiliser types, spreadi…
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Characterisation of wood properties & transverse anatomy for vacuum drying modelling of commercially important Australian hardwood species (Dennis Cullity Fellowship). The objec…
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Australian radiata pine plantations are at risk of being badly affected by a changing climate that will bring more droughts as well as change the distribution and severity of a number of disea…
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Exotic softwoods, such as radiata and Caribbean pine, are an important source of structural timber, but the variable properties of wood from these fast grown trees means that mills must sort…
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Release Date: Thu, 5 November 2009 Since 1991, the Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has been awarding grants of up to 50,000 dollars to ta…
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Contemporary building codes demand houses reach a 5 star energy level, and in future a 6 star level will be mandatory. The thermal performance of a new house design is predicted using AccuRate…
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Release Date: Wed, 21 October 2009 Forest & Wood Products Australia Limited (FWPA) appointed two new directors and passed a special resolution to amend its constitution at its second A…
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In 1994 there was no market for fire and sound rated timber framing; it now accounts for more than $100 million of timber sales in Australia annually. Technological change meant the Multi Resi…