Selection for improved growth and wood quality in lodgepole pine: Effects on phenology, hydraulic architecture and growth of seedlings

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-277

  Wang, Tongli ^a   Aitken, Sally N ^a   Kavanagh, Kathleen L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Drought tolerance; Phenology; Xylem conductance

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; PHENOLS; PRODUCTIVITY; WOOD;

WOOD QUALITY;

GROWTH KINETICS;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 0038719754     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-002-0236-9     Document Type: Article

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