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Assessment of Fracture Moment and Fracture Angle in 25 Tree Species in The United States using the Fractometer

Nelda P. Matheny, James R. Clark, Donna Attewell, Kevin Hillery, A. William Graham and Gerald Posner
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) January 1999, 25 (1) 18-23; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1999.003
Nelda P. Matheny
1HortScience, Inc., P.O. Box 754, Pleasanton, CA 94566
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James R. Clark
1HortScience, Inc., P.O. Box 754, Pleasanton, CA 94566
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Donna Attewell
2Whole Tree Works, 2822 S.E. Belmont, Portland, OR 97214
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Kevin Hillery
2Whole Tree Works, 2822 S.E. Belmont, Portland, OR 97214
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A. William Graham
3Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, 9414 Meadowbrook Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118
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Gerald Posner
4Arbor-Cultural Consultants & Associates, 328 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11238
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Nelda P. Matheny, James R. Clark, Donna Attewell, Kevin Hillery, A. William Graham, Gerald Posner
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Jan 1999, 25 (1) 18-23; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.1999.003

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Nelda P. Matheny, James R. Clark, Donna Attewell, Kevin Hillery, A. William Graham, Gerald Posner
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Jan 1999, 25 (1) 18-23; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.1999.003
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