Relationships between early assessments of stem and branch properties and sawn timber traits in a Pinus sylvestris progeny trial

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 421-431

  Högberg, Karl Anders ^a   Persson, Bengt ^b   Hallingbäck, Henrik R ^c   Jansson, Gunnar ^a,c  

^a THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^b DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age age correlations; Branch characteristics; Forest genetics; Scots pine; Straightness; Warp; Wood properties

Indexed keywords

AGE AGE CORRELATIONS; BRANCH CHARACTERISTICS; FOREST GENETICS; SCOTS PINE; STRAIGHTNESS; WARP;

CHROMOSOMES; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

CHROMOSOMES; CORRELATION; DIAMETER; FOREST GENETICS; FORESTS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; STRAIGHTNESS; WOOD PROPERTIES;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77957793407     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2010.509330     Document Type: Article

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