Morphological traits of 30 willow clones and their relationship to biomass production

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 421-431

  Tharakan, P J ^a,b   Volk, T A ^a   Nowak, C A ^a   Abrahamson, L P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Children's Resources International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION METHODS; COSTS; GENES; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN;

BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; GENETIC POTENTIAL;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CLONE; MORPHOLOGY; SELECTIVE BREEDING; SILVICULTURE;

ANATOMY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CORRELATION; COSTS; GENES; NITROGEN;

SALIX;

EID: 18544367037     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x04-195     Document Type: Article

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