Economic weight of tree survival relative to volume production in tree breeding: A case study with Pinus sylvestris in northern Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 288-297

  Berlin, Mats ^a,b   Jansson, Gunnar ^a,b   Danell, Öje ^a   Andersson, Bengt ^b   Elfving, Bjorn ^a   Ericsson, Tore ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Economic weights; Genetic selection; Patchiness; Tree breeding

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATIONS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; FIELD TRIAL; GENETIC SELECTION; PARAMETERIZED MODEL; PATCHINESS; PER UNIT; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SCOTS PINE; STAND DENSITIES; TREE BREEDING; TREE SURVIVAL; VOLUME PRODUCTION;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; BREEDING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; STATISTICS; TREES; WEIGHT;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 70449424373     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580903117396     Document Type: Article

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