What are the best loblolly pine genotypes worth to landowners?

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 352-358

  McKeand, Steven E ^a   Abt, Robert C ^a   Allen, H Lee ^a   Li, Bailian ^a   Catts, Glenn P ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Free improvement; Genetic gain; Growth and yield; Pinus taeda L.

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

FREE IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC GAIN; LANDOWNER; NET PRESENT VALUE;

SOFTWOODS;

COMMERCIALIZATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; LANDOWNER; PRODUCTIVITY; SILVICULTURE; TREE PLANTING; YIELD;

GENOTYPES; PINUS TAEDA; PRODUCTIVITY; SILVICULTURE;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 33845528384     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jof/104.7.352     Document Type: Article

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