Forest Products from Latin America. Annotated Bibliography of ...

England: Timber Research and Development Association.
86 p.
Brush, W.D. 1938. Foreign woods: Lignumvitae (Gua-
iacum spp.). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agricul-
ture, Forest Service. 13 p.
Bublitz, W. 1952. The most important species of Colom-
bia's monsoon forest (Die wichtigsten Holzarten des Mon-
sunwaldes Kolumbiana). Z. Weltforstwirt. 15(1):34-35.
Bucio-S., Y.H. 1982. Assessment of the variation in
the tracheids of Pinus douglasiana (Determinacion de la
variacion de las traqueidas en Pinus douglasiana). [city un-
known], Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Fore-
stales. Boletin Tecnico. 73:30.
Burley, J.; Hughes, J.F.; Templeman, H.J.; Gourlay,
I.D. 1974. Short note on density variation in the wood of
Pinus occidentalis from Cuba. Baracoa. 4(1/2):33-45.
Describes a study done at the Commonwealth Forestry In-
stitute, Oxford, on Pinus occidentalis wood from Cuba. A
uniform and rapid growth rate with density above average
for tropical pines is indicated in the data. The information
indicates that P. occidentalis wood is of promising quality.
Caceres-R., H. 1965. Technological studies on some
Colombian woods. (Estudios tecnologicos sobre algunas
maderas Colombianas). Bogota, Colombia: Instituto de
Investigaciones Tecnologicas. 51 p.
Carabias, J.F.; Karsulovic, C.T. 1978. Density and
mechanical properties of wood of second growth Rauli
(Nothofagus alpina Poepp et Ende Oerst) (Densidad y
propiedades mecanicas de madera de renovales de Rauli
(Nothofagus alpina Poepp et Ende Oerst). Santiago: Uni-
versidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Boletin
Tecnico. 51:36.
Carlquist, S. 1988. Wood anatomy and relationships
of Duckeodendraceae and Goetzeaceae. IAWA Bulletin.
9(1):3-12.
Describes microanatomy of Duckeodendron cestroides, Es-
padaea amoena, and Henoonia myrtifolia.
Carreras, R.; Vales, M.A. 1986. Comparative study of
the wood of Bucida L. (Combretaceae) (Estudo compar-
ativo de la madera de Bucida L. (Combretaceae)). Acta
Botanica Hungarica. 32(1-4):247-253.
Anatomy and ecology of the Cuban species Bucida buceras;
B. ophiticola; B. palustris; B. spinosa; and B. subinermis.
Carvajal, P.F.S. 1978. Little-known woods of the Brazil-
ian Amazon. In: Auchter, R. J. (coordinator). Proceedings
of conference on improved utilization of tropical forests;
1978 May 21-26; Madison, WI. Madison, WI: U.S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Labo-
ratory: 162-182.
Describes in tables, the commercial name, scientific name,
and growing stock volume (m 3 /ha) of nearly 70 timbers
in four districts of Amazonas. The common name, scien-
tific name, and family name for over 300 species growing on
uplands and on flooded lands of Manasa, Altopurus, Ama-
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zonia are given. Wood characteristics and uses for Pouteria
spp., Peltogyne paniculata, Parkia multijuga, Eschweilera
grata, Cedrelinga cataneaforrnis [C. catenaeformis] and Ald-
ina heterophylla are listed, and uses are given for nearly 50
species growing in upper Amazonia.
Casas-J., H.I. 1966. Anatomical study of five Colombian
woods (Estudio anatomico de cinco maderas Colombianas).
Bogota, Colombia: Universidad Distrital. M.S. thesis.
CCIF (Centro de Capacitacion e Investigacion Fore-
stal). 1981. Preliminary technological study of 20 forest
species of Ecuador (Estudio preliminar tecnologico de 20
especies forestales del Ecuador). Conocoto, Ecuador: Cen-
tro de Capacitacion e Investigacion Forestal, Ministerio de
Agricultura y Ganaderia. 27 p.
The physical and mechanical properties, botanical features,
drying and preservation features, working properties, and
general uses of 20 woods from Ecuador are noted.
CETEFOR. 1972. A study of the physical and mechan-
ical properties and anatomical structure of seven species
of Pine from Guatemala. Guatemala: Centro Tecnico de
Evaluacion Forestal. 115 p.
Describes the physical and mechanical properties of the
seven most important Pines in Guatemala (Pinus caribaea,
P. oocarpa, P. ayacahuite, P. tenuifolia, P. montezurnae, P.
rudis, and P. strobus var. chiapensis). Strength properties
are classified both by the ASTM (American Society of Test-
ing Materials) and IFLA (Instituto Forestal Latinoameri-
cano de Investigacion y Capitacion) standards. Other in-
formation given includes the topography and soils of the
different Pine regions of the country; describes the selection
and handling of the sample trees studied; tabulates and dis-
cusses the results of laboratory tests on the physical and
mechanical properties of the woods, and classifies the tim-
bers in terms of the ASTM structural grades in force in the
USA and the standards specified by the IFLA in Venezuela;
gives data on basic and working stresses; and describes and
illustrates the microscopic characteristics of each Pine.
Cevallos-F., S.; Carmona-V., T. 1981. Bank of infor-
mation on wood technology studies for the vegetation of
Mexico (Banco de informacion de estudios tecnologicos de
maderas que vegetan en Mexico). Catalogo No. 2. Mex-
ico, D.F., Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones
Forestales. 200 p.
General information is given on approximately 90 species.
Earlier studies are noted.
Chambergo, A.A.; Arostegui-V., A. 1984. Effect of
xylem elements on the physical and mechanical properties
of 45 Peruvian timbers (Influencia de los elementos xilem-
aticos en las propiedades fisico-mecanicas de 45 maderas del
Peru). Peru: Revista Forestal. 12(1-2):3-17.
Chavelas-P., J. 1981. Simarouba glauca, a native species
with multiple uses ('El negrito' (Simarouba glauca DC.),
una especie nativa de uso multiple). Mexico, D.F., Mexico:
Instituto Nacional de la Investigacion Forestales. Ciencia
Forestal. 6(29):3-16.
Describes plantation grown trees, noting height, diame-
ter, and basal area growth of the trees on 4 different soil