Sitka Spruce (Picea Sitchensis (Bong.) Carr). Lee, S., Thompson, D., & Hansen, J. K. In Forest Tree Breeding in Europe, volume 25, of Managing Forest Ecosystems, pages 177–227. Springer Netherlands.
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Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr) is native to the Pacific North West of America and was introduced to Western Europe in the early 19th nineteenth century. It is now an important commercial species along the extreme western seaboard of Europe - namely Ireland and Great Britain - and this is where most progress has been made in the area of selection and breeding. Sitka spruce has been the subject of more limited selection and breeding work in some other European countries where it is of secondary or minor significance - Denmark, France, Germany, and Norway. These programmes have now effectively come to a close due to perceived lack of importance. In Sweden Sitka spruce is being planted at an increasing rate and is seen as a species of great potential in the light of climate change. This monograph presents details and statistics relating to Sitka spruce breeding across Europe. It summarises the work carried out to date (plus trees, field testing, orchards), the gains achieved, knowledge of genetic relationships between selection traits, and acts as a conduit to further references for the interested reader.
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  title = {Sitka {{Spruce}} ({{Picea}} Sitchensis ({{Bong}}.) {{Carr}})},
  booktitle = {Forest {{Tree Breeding}} in {{Europe}}},
  author = {Lee, Steve and Thompson, David and Hansen, Jon K.},
  editor = {Pâques, Luc E.},
  date = {2013},
  volume = {25},
  pages = {177--227},
  publisher = {{Springer Netherlands}},
  doi = {10.1007/978-94-007-6146-9\\_4},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6146-9_4},
  abstract = {Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr) is native to the Pacific North West of America and was introduced to Western Europe in the early 19th nineteenth century. It is now an important commercial species along the extreme western seaboard of Europe - namely Ireland and Great Britain - and this is where most progress has been made in the area of selection and breeding. Sitka spruce has been the subject of more limited selection and breeding work in some other European countries where it is of secondary or minor significance - Denmark, France, Germany, and Norway. These programmes have now effectively come to a close due to perceived lack of importance. In Sweden Sitka spruce is being planted at an increasing rate and is seen as a species of great potential in the light of climate change. This monograph presents details and statistics relating to Sitka spruce breeding across Europe. It summarises the work carried out to date (plus trees, field testing, orchards), the gains achieved, knowledge of genetic relationships between selection traits, and acts as a conduit to further references for the interested reader.},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-12784620,ecology,economics,forest-resources,picea-sitchensis,species-distribution},
  series = {Managing {{Forest Ecosystems}}}
}

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