Cataloguing in situ protection of genetic resources for major commercial forest trees in British Columbia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 197, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 295-305

  Hamann, A ^a   Aitken, S N ^a   Yanchuk, A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Conifers; Gap analysis; Gene conservation; GIS

Indexed keywords

FREQUENT SPECIES; GENE CONSERVATION; GENETIC DIVERSITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

FORESTRY;

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GIS; PROTECTED AREA; TREE;

FORESTRY; GENES; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 3843117788     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.05.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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