USDA Forest Service -- Forest Products Lab

Center for Wood Anatomy Research

List of Downloadable Publications

Tropical Timbers of the World

[Original version: 1980]

Chudnoff, M. 1980. Tropical Timbers of the World. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Limited Distribution. 826 p.

Tropical Timbers of the World Caution: file is approximatly 30 MB
INTRODUCTION
TROPICAL AMERICA
AFRICA
SOUTHEAST ASIA
APPENDIXES
TABLES Caution: file is approximatly 18 MB
Tropical Timber for Building Materials in the Andean Group Countries of South America Keenan, F. J. and Marcelo Tejada. 1984. Tropical Timber for Building Materials in the Andean Group Countries of South America. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, IDRC (©International Development Research Centre) This publication is reproduced with the kind permission of Canada's International Development Research Centre (www.idrc.ca)
Puerto Rican Woods Longwood, F. R. 1961, Puerto Rican Woods: their Machining, Seasoning and Related Characteristics. Agr. HBK 205. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 102 p.
Commercial Timbers of the Caribbean Longwood, F. R. 1962. Present and Potential Commercial Timbers of the Caribbean with special reference to the West Indies, the Guianas, and British Honduras. Agr. HBK 207. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 167 p.
Properties of Seven Colombian Woods Bendtsen, B. A. and M. Chudnoff 1981. Properties of Seven Colombian Woods. Research Note FPL-0242. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 12 p.
Forest Products from Latin America Maeglin, R. R. 1991. Forest Products from Latin America: An Almanac of the State of the Knowledge and the State of the Art. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-67. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 151 p.
Properties of Imported Tropical Woods Kukachka, B. F. 1970. Properties of Imported Tropical Woods. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. Research Paper FPL 125. 67 p.
Hardwoods of North America Alden, H. 1995. Hardwoods of North America. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. Gen. Tech. Report FPL-GTR-83. 136 p.
Softwoods of North America Alden, H. 1997. Softwoods of North America. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. Gen. Tech. Report FPL-GTR-102. 151 p.
Informacion Technica para el Procesamiento Industrial de 134 Especies Maderables de Bolivia. (In Spanish) Gutierrez Rojas, V. H. and J. S. Sandoval. (sin fecha). Informacion Technica para el Procesamiento Industrial de 134 Especies Maderables de Bolivia. Serie Tecnica XII. Ministerio de Desarrollo Sostenible y Planificacion. Santa Cruz, La Paz, Bolivia. 352 p.
Technical Information on 134 species of Bolivian woods (Tech Sheets only; In English) Gutierrez Rojas, V. H. and J. S. Sandoval. (no date). Informacion Technica para el Procesamiento Industrial de 134 Especies Maderables de Bolivia. Serie Tecnica XII. Ministerio de Desarrollo Sostenible y Planificacion. Santa Cruz, La Paz, Bolivia.
Chapter 3 -- Physical Properties and Moisture Relations of WoodForest Products Laboratory. 1999. Wood Handbook -- Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Reprot GTR-113. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 25 p. ***Click here to download the entire book***
Chapter 4 -- Mechanical Properties of Wood Forest Products Laboratory. 1999. Wood Handbook -- Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Reprot GTR-113. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 46 p.***Click here to download the entire book***
South American Timbers Berni, C. A., E. Bolza and F. J. Christensen. 1970. South American Timbers - The Characteristics, Properties and Uses of 190 Species. Div. Bldg. Res. CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia. 229 p.
The Woods of Liberia Kryn, J. and E. W. Fobes. 1959. The Woods of Liberia. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. Report No. 2159. 147 p.