Predicting germination capacity of Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies seeds using temperature data from weather stations

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1530-1535

  Almqvist, Curt ^a   Bergsten, Urban ^b   Bondesson, Lennart ^c   Eriksson, Urban ^a  

^a THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CULTIVATION; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEED;

GERMINATION; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GERMINATION; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE; TREE;

SCANDINAVIA;

PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0032194516     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-139     Document Type: Article

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