Comparative nutrient economy, stable isotopes, and related adaptive traits in Picea rubens, Picea mariana, and their hybrids

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 677-692

  Major, John E ^a   Mosseler, Alex ^a   Barsi, Debby C ^a   Campbell, Moira ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fitness; Forest ecology; Forest management; Genetic control; Genetic variation; Inheritance

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; SEED;

FITNESS; FOREST ECOLOGY; GENETIC CONTROL; GENETIC VARIATION;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; INHERITANCE; SEEDLINGS;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 36148947882     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-007-0161-z     Document Type: Article

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