Phenotypic correlations between juvenile-mature wood density and growth in black spruce

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-71

  Koubaa, Ahmed ^a   Zhangi, S Y ^a   Isabel, Nathalie ^b   Beaulieu, Jean ^b   Bousquet, Jean ^c  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Juvenile wood; Mature wood; Ring density; Ring width

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002948455     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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