The Relationship Between Wood Density and Growth Rate and the Implications for the Selection of Black Spruce (Picea Mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) Plus Trees
The Relationship Between Wood Density and Growth Rate and the Implications for the Selection of Black Spruce (Picea Mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) Plus Trees

Author: J. Peter Hall

Publisher: St. John's : Newfoundland Forest Research Centre

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13: 9780662134732

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The relationship between growth rate and wood density wasexamined in 12 natural stands of black spruce in Newfoundland.Growth rate and density were not closely related. Nogeographical trends in wood density or growth rate were observedand within-stand variation was considerably greater for growthrate than for density. A method of selection of plus trees for atree improvement program is suggested which combines the factorsof rapid growth rate and high wood density in the selected tree.