Population differentiation of the lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) and jack pine (Pinus banksiana) complex in Alberta: Growth, survival, and responses to climate

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 545-556

  Rweyongeza, Deogratias M ^a   Dhir, Narinder K ^b   Bernhardt, Leonard K ^b   Hansen, Christine ^b   Yang, Rong Cai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b AB Tree Improvement and Seed Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Growth; Pinus contorta Pinus banksiana complex; Population differentiation; Response to climate; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

MAHALANOBIS DISTANCES; PINUS CONTORTA; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; RESPONSE TO CLIMATE;

VEGETATION;

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RATE; HYBRID; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PINUS BANKSIANA; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 34948857578     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B07-053     Document Type: Article

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