Developing a Scots pine breeding objective: A case study involving a Swedish sawmill

Silva Fennica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 643-656

  Berlin, Mats ^a   Lönnstedt, Lars ^a   Jansson, Gunnar ^a   Danell, Öje ^a   Ericsson, Tore ^a  

^a THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bio economic model; Economic weights; Multi trait selection; Pinus sylvestris; Tree breeding

Indexed keywords

PROFITABILITY; SAWING; SAWMILLS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

BIO-ECONOMIC MODEL; BREEDING OBJECTIVES; GENETIC PARAMETERS; MULTI-TRAIT SELECTION; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RELATED SELECTIONS; SELECTION CRITERIA; TREE BREEDING;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEIGHT; PLANT BREEDING; SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

BREEDING; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PROFITABILITY; SAW MILLS; SAWING; SWEDEN; TREES; WOOD PRODUCTS;

SWEDEN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 78650800882     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.132     Document Type: Article

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