Nordic provenance trials with Abies lasiocarpa and Abies lasiocarpa var. arizonica: Three-year results

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 112-126

  Hansen, Ole K ^a,b   Nielsen, Ulrik Bräuner ^b   Edvardsen, Øyvind M ^c,e   Skúlason, Brynjar ^c   Skage, Jan Ole ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^c Icelandic Forest Research   (Iceland)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e Norwegian Forest Seed Station   (Norway)

Author keywords

Christmas trees; Colour; Corkbark fir; Flushing; Morphological traits; Multivariate grouping; Provenances; Subalpine fir

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); STATISTICAL METHODS;

FOREST RESEARCH;

FORESTRY;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ABIES LASIOCARPA; ABIES LASIOCARPA ARIZONICA;

EID: 2342616270     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580410024098     Document Type: Article

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