The development of British Columbia's tree seed transfer guidelines: Purpose, concept, methodology, and implementation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 227, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-13

  Ying, Cheng C ^a   Yanchuk, Alvin D ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Genecology; Seed transfer; Seed zones

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; RESEARCH; SEED;

GENECOLOGY; SEED TRANSFER; SEED ZONES;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST; LAW ENFORCEMENT; ORCHARD; SEED; STATISTICAL CONCEPT;

CLIMATES; FORESTRY; RESEARCH; SEEDS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 33646092770     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.02.028     Document Type: Review

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