Radial variation in wood density and correlations with growth of Calycophyllum spruceanum at an early age in the Peruvian Amazon

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 377-387

  Montes, Carmen Sotelo ^a   Hernández, Roger E ^a   Beaulieu, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environment; Family; Juvenile wood; Phenotypic correlations; Provenance

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FORESTRY; WATERSHEDS;

RADIAL VARIATION;

HARDWOODS;

BARK; CALYCOPHYLLUM; JUVENILE WOOD; PHENOTYPES; PITCH; PLANTING; PROVENANCE; WOOD DENSITY;

CALYCOPHYLLUM SPRUCEANUM;

EID: 34547748375     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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