Provenance variation in stem wood basic density and dry matter for Picea abies grown on farmland in southern Sweden

Forest Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-110

  Lundgren, Christina ^a   Persson, Bengt ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Annual ring width; Basic density; Basic density level; Origins; Picea abies; Provenances

Indexed keywords

ABIES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0037003799     PISSN: 1335048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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