Table 1. The origin of the studied Canadian provenances of lodgepole pine (WGS84). NA – not available. | |||||
Provenance | Latitude (N) | Longitude (W) | Altitude, m | N of trials | Measurement age |
Babine Lake | 54°24´ | 125°30´ | 1000 | 2 | 10, 11, 12, 13, 24, 29 |
Beaton River | 56°50´ | 121°22´ | 800 | 1 | 17 |
Buick Creek | 56°52´ | 121°30´ | 850 | 2 | 16, 17 |
Cassior | 58°50´ | 129°25´ | 900 | 2 | 16, 17 |
Cecil Lake | 56°25´ | 120°00´ | 700 | 3 | 16, 22 |
Dease Lake | 58°15´ | 130°10´ | 850 | 2 | 16, 17 |
Ethel Lake | 63°20´ | NA | 900 | 1 | 16 |
Falkland | 50°32´ | 119°40´ | 1300 | 4 | 12, 16, 22 |
Fly Hilla | 50°40´ | 119°29´ | 1100 | 2 | 10, 11, 12, 13, 24, 29 |
Fort Nelson | 58°38´ | 122°41´ | 500 | 2 | 7, 9, 24, 25 |
Fort St. James | 54°30´ | 124°10´ | 900 | 5 | 12, 16, 18, 22 |
Francis Lake | 61°10´ | 129°27´ | 950 | 1 | 16 |
Halfway River | 56°32´ | 122°15´ | 900 | 1 | 17 |
Hazelton | 55°30´ | NA | 600 | 1 | 16 |
Hudson Hope | 56°03´ | 121°47´ | 650 | 1 | 22 |
Jackfish Lake | 63°00´ | NA | 650 | 1 | 16 |
Lac La Hache | 51°54´ | 121°27´ | 1050 | 2 | 10, 11, 12, 13, 24, 29 |
Lac le Jeune | 50°29´ | 120°29´ | 1250 | 5 | 12, 16, 18, 22 |
Lacobie Creek | 52°30´ | 122°00´ | 1000 | 2 | 10, 11, 12, 13, 24, 29 |
Little Salmon | 62°10´ | NA | 700 | 1 | 16 |
Mackensia | 58°50´ | 129°25´ | 900 | 1 | 17 |
Moberly Lake | 55°40´ | 121°25´ | 750 | 5 | 12, 16, 22 |
Monashee | 50°08´ | 118°30´ | 950 | 4 | 12, 16, 22 |
Muskey Lake | 55°30´ | NA | 900 | 3 | 16, 22 |
Nation River | 55°15´ | 124°10´ | 550 | 3 | 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 24, 29 |
Nordegg | 52°20´ | 116°25´ | 1400 | 4 | 12, 16, 22 |
Pink Mountain | 57°00´ | 122°30´ | 850 | 8 | 7, 9, 12, 16, 17, 22, 24, 25 |
Rocky Mountain House | 52°37´ | 115°20´ | 1000 | 3 | 12, 22 |
Smithers | 54°15´ | 127°00´ | 650 | 5 | 12, 16, 18, 22 |
Summit Lake | 54°24´ | 122°37´ | 800 | 2 | 7, 9, 24, 25 |
Teslin, Yukon | 60°15´ | 132°50´ | 750 | 4 | 12, 16, 22 |
Tungsten | 61°00´ | 128°50´ | 1050 | 1 | 16 |
Upper Liard Rivers | 60°10´ | 128°50´ | 700 | 2 | 10, 11, 12, 13, 24, 29 |
Valemount | 53°00´ | 119°00´ | 850 | 5 | 16, 22, 23 |
Watson Lake | 60°05´ | 128°37´ | 700 | 2 | 10, 11, 12, 13, 24, 29 |
Wonowon | 56°36´ | 121°36´ | 850 | 3 | 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 24, 29 |
Table 2. Variance of random effects of provenance, provenance-by-trial, trial, and replication for the studied traits. | |||||||||||||
Provenance | Provenance × trial | Trial | Replication | Residual variance | |||||||||
Variance | St. error | p-values | Variance | St. error | p-values | Variance | St. error | p-values | Variance | St. error | p-values | ||
Continuous (z-scores) | |||||||||||||
Tree height | 6.85 | 2.62 | <0.01 | 6.14 | 2.48 | <0.01 | - | - | - | 8.98 | 2.99 | <0.01 | 52.66 |
Stem diameter | 3.67 | 1.92 | <0.01 | 2.42 | 1.56 | <0.01 | - | - | - | 4.05 | 2.01 | <0.01 | 62.17 |
Diameter of the thickest branch | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.99 | 0.31 | 0.55 | 0.26 | - | - | - | 1.21 | 1.10 | <0.01 | 53.52 |
Binomial | |||||||||||||
Probability of spike knots | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.54 | 0.04 | 0.18 | <0.01 | 4.28 | 2.07 | <0.01 | 0.06 | 0.24 | <0.01 | - |
Probability of wildlife damages | 0.12 | 0.35 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.54 | 7.20 | 2.68 | <0.01 | 0.55 | 0.74 | <0.01 | - |
Survival (29 year) | <0.01 | 0.06 | 0.88 | 0.10 | 0.24 | 0.04 | 1.85 | 1.36 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.03 | 0.94 | - |
Multinomial | |||||||||||||
Stem straightness | <0.01 | 0.02 | 0.54 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.99 | <0.01 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.07 | <0.01 | - |