An economic evaluation of alternative genetic improvement strategies for farm woodland trees

Forestry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 333-347

  Palmer, H E ^a   Newton, A C ^b   Doyle, C J ^a   Thomson, S ^a   Stewart, L E D ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; GENETIC GAIN; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; PLANT BREEDING; RECURRENT SELECTION; SIMULATION; TESTING; UNITED KINGDOM;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENETIC RESOURCE; TIMBER HARVESTING; TIMBER MARKET;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; CASTANEA SATIVA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS AVIUM;

EID: 0031758999     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/71.4.333     Document Type: Article

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