Location of cones in the crown and along shoots of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) and the influence of coning intensity and shoot size

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1756-1772

  Clarke, G C ^a   Malcolm, D C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PINE CONE; PLANT GROWTH; SHOOT DEVELOPMENT;

MORPHOLOGY; SEED; SHOOT GROWTH; TREE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0032453334     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-167     Document Type: Article

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