Seedling growth characteristics in three birches originating from different environments

Ecoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 80-85

  Karlsson, P Staffan ^a,c   Schleicher, Lennart F ^b,d   Weih, Martin ^a,e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^d Box 7016 ^*  (Germany)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Betula nana; Betula pubescens; Growth analysis; Stress resistance syndrome; Subarctic

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS; HERITABILITY; INTROGRESSION; PLANT GROWTH; PRODUCTIVITY; SEEDLING;

GROWTH FORM; GROWTH RATE; HYBRID; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRODUCTIVITY;

BETULA NANA; BETULA PUBESCENS;

EID: 0034109029     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2000.11682575     Document Type: Article

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