The influence of genetic and environmental factors on a quantitative defensive trait in Spruce

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 137-143

  Wainhouse, D ^a   Ashburner, R ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Cline; Defence; Genotype; Heritability; Lignin; Provenance; Secondary chemical; Site; Spruce; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENCE; BARK; LATITUDINAL CLINE; LIGNIN; SITKA SPRUCE;

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0029668078     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390272     Document Type: Article

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