The importance of being the first pollen in the strobili of Scots pine

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2976-2980

  Varis, Saila ^a   Santanen, Arja ^b   Pakkanen, Anne ^a   Pulkkinen, Pertti ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FARMS; FORESTRY; ORCHARDS;

FINLAND; PINUS SYLVESTRIS L.; POLLEN GRAINS; SCOTS PINES; SEED CROPS; SEED ORCHARDS;

SEED;

CLONE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVERGREEN TREE; GENOTYPE; ORCHARD; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SEED;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 57849106081     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-138     Document Type: Article

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