Morphological evaluation of cork oak (Quercus suber): Mediterranean provenance variability in Tunisia

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 549-555

  Gandour, Mhemmed ^a   Khouja, Mohamed Larbi ^b   Toumi, Lamjed ^c   Triki, Saîda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^c Sylvo Pastoral Institute of Tabarka   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Genetic variability; Mediterranean plants; Quercus suber

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GROWTH RATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOMETRY; PROVENANCE; SURVIVAL; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 34948843017     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2007032     Document Type: Article

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