Selfing results in inbreeding depression of growth but not of gas exchange of surviving adult black spruce trees

Tree Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1005-1008

  Johnsen, Kurt ^b   Major, John E ^a   Maier, Chris A ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carbon isotope discrimination; Photosynthesis; Picea mariana; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; GAS EXCHANGE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 0142063414     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/23.14.1005     Document Type: Article

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