Productivity of radiata pine (Pinus radiata D. Don.) clones in monoclonal and clonal mixture plots at age 12 years

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 140-148

  Sharma, Rajesh K ^a   Mason, Euan G ^a   Sorensson, Charles T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Horizon2 ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clonal ranks; Coefficient of variation; Productivity; Survival

Indexed keywords

CROPS; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CLONAL RANKS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; MONOCLONAL PLOTS; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CLONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DESIGN; PLANTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; DALETHORPE FOREST; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 38749129168     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.08.033     Document Type: Article

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