Genetic variation in wood mechanical properties of Calycophyllum spruceanum at an early age in the Peruvian Amazon

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 578-590

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

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environment; Family; Heritability; Juvenile wood; Phenotypic and genetic correlations; Provenance

Indexed keywords

CRUSHING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HARDWOODS; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

GENETIC CORRELATION; STATIC COMPLIANCE COEFFICIENT;

TIMBER;

CALYCOPHYLLUM; CRUSH RESISTANCE; FORESTS; PHENOTYPES; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONIC TESTS; WOOD DENSITY;

CALYCOPHYLLUM SPRUCEANUM;

EID: 36249003412     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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