Growth and form of Eucalyptus grandis provenances at Wondo Genet, southern Ethiopia

Australian Forestry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 170-175

  Hunde, Tesfaye ^a   Duguma, Dagne ^a   Gizachew, Belachew ^a   Mamushet, Dawit ^a   Teketay, Demel ^b  

^a Forestry Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^b ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Eucalyptus grandis; Growth; Habit; Provenance trials; Stem form

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FUNGI; SOILS; WOOD;

PLANTATIONS;

FORESTRY;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; FUNGI; GENETTA;

EID: 0242366727     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2003.10674908     Document Type: Article

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