Genetic variation in growth of Guazuma crinita (Mart.) trees at an early age in the Peruvian Amazon

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 243, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 291-298

  Rochon, Caroline ^a   Margolis, Hank A ^a   Weber, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Environment; Family; Growth; Heritability; Provenance

Indexed keywords

GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; HARVESTING;

FAMILY; FOREST ECOLOGY; PERUVIAN AMAZON;

FORESTRY;

AGROFORESTRY; ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERITABILITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PROVENANCE TRIAL; SELECTION; TIMBER HARVESTING; TROPICAL FOREST; YIELD RESPONSE;

ENVIRONMENTS; GENES; GROWTH; HARVESTING; HERITABILITY; PROVENANCE; TREES;

AMAZONAS [PERU]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

GUAZUMA CRINITA;

EID: 34248223256     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.025     Document Type: Article

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