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Transport processes in wood. J. F. Siau, 245 pp., 123 figs. 1984. Springer Series in Wood Science (ed. T.E. Timell). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo. Price: DM 89.00, approx. US$ 34.60 (cloth).

Transport processes in wood. J. F. Siau, 245 pp., 123 figs. 1984. Springer Series in Wood Science... 216 IA WA Bulletin n.s., Vol. 5 (3), 1984 REVIEW AND ANNOUNCEMENT Transport proeesses in wood. 1. F. Siau, 245 pp., ly differing behaviour of various timber species 123 figs. 1984. Springer Series in Wood Science is still largely missing. Too many of the expla­ (ed. T.E. TimelI). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, nations are based on studies in a few common New Vork, Tokyo. Price: DM 89.00, approx. softwoods, some temperate hardwoods and of US$ 34.60 (cloth). course a Eucalyptus. Future research linking This second instalment of Springer's Series structural studies with empirical data on a wide in Wood Science is a textbook as weil as a re­ number of species with different anatomies may prove arewarding field. search guide on transport processes in wood. It is a completely rewritten and updated version In general this text and reference book is of the author's well-known 'Flow in Wood' weil written, and the complex subject matter published in 1971 by Syracuse University Press. lucidly explained. I noticed only few slips and Those who might deduce from the title that controversial statements. For instance fig. 2.9 the subject matter covers sap movement in the does not show an abrupt transition between living tree may be disappointed: this book is all earlywood and latewood within an annular ring about liquid and gas movement in commercial in Larix as suggested by the legend and the timber. However, this should not take away the text, but a ring boundary; fig. 2.15 should be interest from the tree physiologist or functional labelIed as latewood, rather than heartwood; anatomist, because much of the sophisticated the discussion of permeability in soft woods experimental research on timber impregnation, and hardwoods in relation to pit membrane drying and swelling has resulted in da ta which structure (p. 63) ignores the possible occurrence are equally relevant in wood technology and of pit aspiration and its significance in some hardwoods (cf. R.J. Thomas, 1972, Wood & tree biology. There are chapters on basic wood-moisture Fiber 3: 236-237). relationships, wood structure and chemical Like the first instalment in the Springer Se­ composition, permeability, capillary and water ries in Wood Science (the late M.H. Zimmer­ potential, thermal conductivity, steady-state mann's 'Xylem structure and the ascent of moisture movement, and unsteady-state trans­ sap') this book is handsomely produced, and port. At the end of the book there is a useful its bin ding will allow frequent consultation by list explaining the numerous symbols and ab­ student and researcher alike. As explained at breviations used throughout the text, which by the beginning of this review, it deserves a circu­ virtue of the su bject matter is rieh in deriva­ lation weil beyond the teaching and research tions of formulae and equations. library of tim ber technologists. Wherever appropriate, wood structural infor­ Pieter Baas mation is weil integrated into the explanation of the phenomena described. This applies espe­ Frankia Symbioses. A.D.L. Akkermans, D. Bak­ cially to ultrastructural data (pit membrane ker, K. Huss-Danell, J.D. Tjepkema (eds.), 258 structure and behaviour upon drying, cell wall pp., illust. 1984. Development in Plant and Soil composition, etc.). The contribution of (sub)­ Sciences Volume 12. Nijhoff/lunk, The Hague, microscopic wood anatomy to the previously Boston, Lancaster. Price: Dfl. 130, US$ 50.00, largely empirical field of timber behaviour in UU 33.00 (cloth). response to varying water content is indeed This volume contains the proceedings of an impressive. Topics in which there is still scope International Workshop held in Wageningen in for improving the agreement between experi­ September 1983. There are 22 papers on vari­ mental data and ultrastructural knowledge are ous aspects of Frankia symbioses, which playa the effective pore size in various types of pit vital role in biological nitrogen fixation in for­ membranes in hardwoods and softwoods, and est ecosystems. Indirectly this volume has prac­ the permeability of parenchyma cells to wood tical bearing on wood production and afforesta­ preservatives. From the general text it also be­ tion in areas with low nitrogen content. All comes clear that comparative knowledge on the papers have also been published in volume 78 role of wood structural parameters in the wide- of the journal Plant and Soil. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png IAWA Journal Brill

Transport processes in wood. J. F. Siau, 245 pp., 123 figs. 1984. Springer Series in Wood Science (ed. T.E. Timell). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo. Price: DM 89.00, approx. US$ 34.60 (cloth).

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216 IA WA Bulletin n.s., Vol. 5 (3), 1984 REVIEW AND ANNOUNCEMENT Transport proeesses in wood. 1. F. Siau, 245 pp., ly differing behaviour of various timber species 123 figs. 1984. Springer Series in Wood Science is still largely missing. Too many of the expla­ (ed. T.E. TimelI). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, nations are based on studies in a few common New Vork, Tokyo. Price: DM 89.00, approx. softwoods, some temperate hardwoods and of US$ 34.60 (cloth). course a Eucalyptus. Future research linking This second instalment of Springer's Series structural studies with empirical data on a wide in Wood Science is a textbook as weil as a re­ number of species with different anatomies may prove arewarding field. search guide on transport processes in wood. It is a completely rewritten and updated version In general this text and reference book is of the author's well-known 'Flow in Wood' weil written, and the complex subject matter published in 1971 by Syracuse University Press. lucidly explained. I noticed only few slips and Those who might deduce from the title that controversial statements. For instance fig. 2.9 the subject matter covers sap movement in the does not show an abrupt transition between living tree may be disappointed: this book is all earlywood and latewood within an annular ring about liquid and gas movement in commercial in Larix as suggested by the legend and the timber. However, this should not take away the text, but a ring boundary; fig. 2.15 should be interest from the tree physiologist or functional labelIed as latewood, rather than heartwood; anatomist, because much of the sophisticated the discussion of permeability in soft woods experimental research on timber impregnation, and hardwoods in relation to pit membrane drying and swelling has resulted in da ta which structure (p. 63) ignores the possible occurrence are equally relevant in wood technology and of pit aspiration and its significance in some hardwoods (cf. R.J. Thomas, 1972, Wood & tree biology. There are chapters on basic wood-moisture Fiber 3: 236-237). relationships, wood structure and chemical Like the first instalment in the Springer Se­ composition, permeability, capillary and water ries in Wood Science (the late M.H. Zimmer­ potential, thermal conductivity, steady-state mann's 'Xylem structure and the ascent of moisture movement, and unsteady-state trans­ sap') this book is handsomely produced, and port. At the end of the book there is a useful its bin ding will allow frequent consultation by list explaining the numerous symbols and ab­ student and researcher alike. As explained at breviations used throughout the text, which by the beginning of this review, it deserves a circu­ virtue of the su bject matter is rieh in deriva­ lation weil beyond the teaching and research tions of formulae and equations. library of tim ber technologists. Wherever appropriate, wood structural infor­ Pieter Baas mation is weil integrated into the explanation of the phenomena described. This applies espe­ Frankia Symbioses. A.D.L. Akkermans, D. Bak­ cially to ultrastructural data (pit membrane ker, K. Huss-Danell, J.D. Tjepkema (eds.), 258 structure and behaviour upon drying, cell wall pp., illust. 1984. Development in Plant and Soil composition, etc.). The contribution of (sub)­ Sciences Volume 12. Nijhoff/lunk, The Hague, microscopic wood anatomy to the previously Boston, Lancaster. Price: Dfl. 130, US$ 50.00, largely empirical field of timber behaviour in UU 33.00 (cloth). response to varying water content is indeed This volume contains the proceedings of an impressive. Topics in which there is still scope International Workshop held in Wageningen in for improving the agreement between experi­ September 1983. There are 22 papers on vari­ mental data and ultrastructural knowledge are ous aspects of Frankia symbioses, which playa the effective pore size in various types of pit vital role in biological nitrogen fixation in for­ membranes in hardwoods and softwoods, and est ecosystems. Indirectly this volume has prac­ the permeability of parenchyma cells to wood tical bearing on wood production and afforesta­ preservatives. From the general text it also be­ tion in areas with low nitrogen content. All comes clear that comparative knowledge on the papers have also been published in volume 78 role of wood structural parameters in the wide- of the journal Plant and Soil.

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