Contains 73 articles by over 60 authors, organized alphabetically, to cover the entire spectrum of wood science. Included are articles on the availability and economics of timber resources, wood-based materials such as plywood and particleboard, descriptions of the major commercial species of world timber, fundamentals of wood properties and behavior, factors causing deterioration, and principal processing methods. Such woody materials as bamboo, cork, rattan, and coconut wood are dealt with and an article on archaeological wood is also included. -- AATA