Half a century of Pinus radiata tree improvement in New South Wales

New Zealand Journal of Forestry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 7-13

  Johnson, I G ^a   Cotterill, I M ^b   Raymond, C A ^c   Henson, M ^b  

^a Department of Primary Industries NSW ^*  (Australia)

^b State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; RAIN;

GRANODIORITE; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW ZEALAND; PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA PINE; SILTSTONES; SOFTWOOD TIMBER; TREE IMPROVEMENT;

SOFTWOODS;

GEOLOGY; PINUS RADIATA; SEEDS; TREES;

AVES; PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 58249105461     PISSN: 11747986     EISSN: 22531815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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