Early realized genetic gains for coastal Douglas-fir in the northern Oregon Cascades

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-201

  St Clair, J Bradley ^a   Mandel, Nancy L ^a   Jayawickrama, Keith J S ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Douglas fir; Realized genetic gain; Sample size; Tree improvement

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOFTWOODS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COASTAL DOUGLAS FIR; GENETIC GAINS; GROWTH TRAJECTORIES; NORTHERN OREGON; STEM VOLUME; TREE IMPROVEMENT;

FORESTRY;

BREEDING; DATA RECORDING; DIAMETER; ENVIRONMENTS; FOREST GENETICS; OREGON; PLANTING; PRODUCTIVITY; PROGENY; PSEUDOTSUGA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEMS;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII VAR. MENZIESII;

EID: 4344660673     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/19.3.195     Document Type: Article

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