Survival, growth and wood specific gravity of interspecific hybrids of Pinus strobus and P. wallichiana grown in Ontario

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 234, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 97-106

  Lu, Pengxin ^a   Sinclair, Robert W ^a  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Blister rust resistance; Growth performance; Himalayan blue pine; White pine

Indexed keywords

GENES; GRAVITATION;

BLISTER RUST RESISTANCE; GROWTH PERFORMANCE; HIMALAYAN BLUE PINE;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COLD TOLERANCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH; HYBRID; RUST DISEASE; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATES; GRAVITATION; PINUS MONTICOLA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

CARANGIDAE; CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; PINUS STROBUS; PINUS WALLICHIANA;

EID: 33748797138     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.06.027     Document Type: Article

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