Forest Products and Wood Science

The sixth edition of Forest Products and Wood Science: An Introduction offers a fully revised and updated review of the forest products industry. This important text covers the full spectrum of the subject, basing itself in a thorough understanding of the anatomical and physical nature of wood and providing a special emphasis on its use as an industrial raw material. Forest Products and Wood Science provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of wood science and industry, ranging from tree growth and wood anatomy to a variety of economically important wood products.

Rubin Shmulsky is Department Head and Professor in the Department of Forest Products at Mississippi State University. P. David Jones is an Assistant Extension Professor in the Department of Forest Products at Mississippi State University.