Inbreeding depression in three generations of selfed families of silver birch (Betula pendula)

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 662-668

  Wang, Tongli ^a,c   Hagqvist, Risto ^b   Tigerstedt, Peter M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Foundation for Forest Tree Breeding   (Finland)

^c Faculty of Forestry   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; SELFING; SURVIVAL;

BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 0032772515     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-29-6-662     Document Type: Article

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