Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm.) seed production in natural stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 803-809

  Owens, John N ^a   Kittirat, Thanong ^b   Mahalovich, Mary F ^c  

^a TimberWest Forest Corporation   (Canada)

^b Forest Technologies   (Thailand)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone morphology; Cones; Natural stands; Pine; Pinus; Seed production; Seeds; Stone pines; Whitebark

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; GROWTH KINETICS;

CONE MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL STANDS; SEED PRODUCTION;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MORPHOLOGY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEED PRODUCTION;

PINUS; PINUS ALBICAULIS; SEEDS;

IDAHO; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; HEXAPODA; PINUS ALBICAULIS; PINUS CEMBROIDES;

EID: 39049161540     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.09.067     Document Type: Article

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