Optimal white spruce breeding zones for ontario under current and future climates

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1576-1587

  Thomson, Ashley M ^a,b   Crowe, Kevin A ^a   Parker, William H ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE DISTANCE; BREEDING ZONE; DECISION SUPPORT MODELS; FUTURE CLIMATE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE; LEAST SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; ONTARIO; PERFORMANCE VARIABLES; PICEA GLAUCA; POTENTIAL SHIFT; SEED TRANSFER; WHITE SPRUCE;

CLIMATE MODELS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FORESTRY; OPTIMIZATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; PLANT BREEDING;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 77958043930     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-112     Document Type: Article

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