Productivity of Pinus elliottii, P. caribaea and their F1 and F2 hybrids to 15 years in Queensland, Australia

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 691-698

  Dieters, Mark ^a,c   Brawner, Jeremy ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Ensis   (Australia)

^c CRC Sustainable Production Forestry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Centroid method; Genetic gain; Hybrid superiority; Mean annual increment; Volume equations

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GENETICS; HYBRID; YIELD RESPONSE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

PINUS ELLIOTTII;

EID: 36249032015     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2007049     Document Type: Article

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