Understanding the evolution of native pinewoods in Scotland will benefit their future management and conservation

Forestry

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 535-545

  Salmela, Matti J ^a,b   Cavers, Stephen ^b   Wachowiak, Witold ^b,c   Cottrell, Joan E ^d   Iason, Glenn R ^e   Ennos, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF DENDROLOGY   (Poland)

^d FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RESOURCE; NATIVE SPECIES; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 78649256735     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpq036     Document Type: Article

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