Silviculture alters the genetic structure of an eastern hemlock forest in Maine, USA

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 143-150

  Hawley, Gary J ^a   Schaberg, Paul G ^a   DeHayes, Donald H ^b   Brissette, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HARVESTING;

ALLELS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; SILVICULTURAL SELECTION;

FORESTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION GENETICS; SILVICULTURE;

FORESTRY; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HARVESTING; PHENOTYPES; SILVICULTURE;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; PENOBSCOT EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 19744365951     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x04-148     Document Type: Article

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