Investigation of limestone ecotypes of white spruce based on a provenance test series

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1119-1127

  Lesser, Mark R ^a   Cherry, Marilyn ^b   Parker, William H ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LIMESTONE; ROCKS; SOIL MECHANICS;

BEDROCKS; ECOTYPES; PROVENANCE TESTS; SOIL ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOTYPE; LIMESTONE; PROVENANCE TRIAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

CONIFERALES; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 3042844285     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-286     Document Type: Article

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