Competition effects in a young sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis, Bong. Carr) clonal trial

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 149-155

  Brotherstone, S ^a   White, I M S ^a   Sykes, R ^b   Thompson, R ^c   Connolly, T ^b   Lee, S ^b   Woolliams, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic prediction; Genetic variance; Local spatial trends; Single plot design

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION EFFECTS; COMPETITIVE EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEVELS; FUTURE PERFORMANCE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC EFFECTS; GENETIC EVALUATION; GENETIC PREDICTION; GENETIC VARIANCE; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS; RESIDUAL LEVELS; SCOTLAND; SITKA SPRUCE; SPATIAL TRENDS; LOCAL SPATIAL TREND; PICEA SITCHENSIS; SINGLE-PLOT DESIGN;

EXPERIMENTS; FORESTRY; FORECASTING;

FORECASTING; FORESTRY;

CORRELATION; EXPERIMENTATION; FORECASTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PICEA SITCHENSIS; SCOTLAND; VARIANCE;

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 84859495844     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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