Juvenile productivity of five hybrid poplar clones and 20 genetically improved white and Norway spruces in boreal clay-belt of Quebec, Canada

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-233

  Larchevêque, Marie ^a   Larocque, Guy R ^b   Desrochers, Annie ^a   Tremblay, Francine ^a   Gaussiran, Stéphane ^c   Boutin, Robert ^b   Brais, Suzanne ^a   Beaulieu, Jean ^b   Daoust, Gaëtan ^b   Périnet, Pierre ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Technology Center for Industrial Waste)   (Canada)

^d MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exotic and native species; Field trial; Height; Root collar diameter; Survival

Indexed keywords

CLONING; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY;

FIELD TRIAL; HEIGHT; NATIVE SPECIES; ROOT-COLLAR DIAMETERS; SURVIVAL;

FORESTRY;

CLONE; DIAMETER; EVERGREEN TREE; FIELD SURVEY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HEIGHT; JUVENILE; NATIVE SPECIES; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

FISHES; FORESTRY; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PLANTATIONS; POPULUS; PRODUCTIVITY; SURVIVAL; TREE DIMENSIONS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PICEA ABIES; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 77951858890     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc86225-2     Document Type: Article

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