Autumn frost damage: Clonal variation in Sitka spruce

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 80, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 107-112

  Nicoll, Bruce C ^a   Redfern, Derek B ^a   McKay, Helen M ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autumn frost; Clonal variation; Electrolyte leakage; Picea sitchensis; Root dormancy; Tree selection

Indexed keywords

FROST DAMAGE; NEEDLE INJURY; ROOT DORMANCY; SITKA SPRUCE;

UK, SCOTLAND;

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0029668345     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(95)03635-0     Document Type: Article

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