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Seed matters 2 : extracting and handling five-needle pine seed in Alberta

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This resource provides guidelines, recommendations and scientific background for improving the extraction and handling of pine seed in Alberta’s forest and reforestation activities.

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Seed matters 1 : recommendations for aspen seed collection and handling

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This resource provides guidelines, recommendations and scientific background for improving the quality of aspen seed lots being collected and used in Alberta’s forestry, oilsand, and oil and gas... More ≫

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This resource provides guidelines, recommendations and scientific background for improving the quality of aspen seed lots being collected and used in Alberta’s forestry, oilsand, and oil and gas reclamation activities.

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Ex situ conservation plan for forest genetic resources in Alberta

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This report summarizes the status and gaps of Alberta’s forest genetic resources archived in gene and clone banks administered by the Government of Alberta under the auspices of the Alberta Tree... More ≫

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This report summarizes the status and gaps of Alberta’s forest genetic resources archived in gene and clone banks administered by the Government of Alberta under the auspices of the Alberta Tree Improvement and Seed Centre over the past 40 years. Reporting publicly provides Albertans and interested agencies a snapshot of Alberta’s achievements.

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Revising the use of age-age correlation for conifer tree breeding in Alberta

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This paper describes an attempt to develop correlation prediction equations using data from Alberta species grown in the Alberta environment. It changes the form of the equation used by Lambeth by... More ≫

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This paper describes an attempt to develop correlation prediction equations using data from Alberta species grown in the Alberta environment. It changes the form of the equation used by Lambeth by inputting the age difference between measurement and rotation ages as a predictor variable as opposed to an age ratio that Lambeth uses, which inadvertently equates the latest field measurement to a rotation age measurement. it should be noted that this paper is not intended to increase the size of the age-age correlation compared to what could be obtained by Lambeth. it is only intended to provide an empirical procedure of obtaining a correlation that is biologically meaningful and partly related to the species and trials for which the genetic gain is being sought.

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Patterns of optimal growth for white spruce provenances in Alberta

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This paper describes the pattern of genetic variation for growth potential among white spruce provenances in Alberta. It uses total height and diameter at breast height at 27-years from seed to... More ≫

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This paper describes the pattern of genetic variation for growth potential among white spruce provenances in Alberta. It uses total height and diameter at breast height at 27-years from seed to identify provenance differences in relation to latitude and elevation of weed origin. Latitude and elevation are the main variables that adequately describe climatic variability in Alberta.

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Patterns of optimal growth for lodgepole pine provenances in Alberta

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This report describes results from measurements of 15 year height and diameter at breast height made on a series of provenance trials comprised of 23 Alberta populations planted on 0 test sites... More ≫

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This report describes results from measurements of 15 year height and diameter at breast height made on a series of provenance trials comprised of 23 Alberta populations planted on 0 test sites across the province. Although currently the age of these trials ranges from 19 to 24, only 15 year data for height and diameter are available for all trials.

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