Parental rank changes associated with seed biology and nursery practices in Douglas-fir

Forest Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 228-235

  El Kassaby, Y A ^a,b   Thomson, A J ^c  

^a Saanich Forestry Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

culling; genetic diversity; germination; Pseudotsuga menziesii Mirb. Franco; Reproductive output; thinning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029786602     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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