Table 1 Geographic information of natural seed stands, number of plus trees selected from each seed stand included in the study (188 in total). All the seed stands are located within the Aegean breeding zone of Pinus brutia in Turkey

TM34

\(37^\circ {02}^{\prime}{30}^{{\prime}{\prime}}\)

\(28^\circ {16}^{\prime}{20}^{{\prime}{\prime}}\)

60

53

TM41

\(38^\circ {50}^{\prime}{11}^{{\prime}{\prime}}\)

\(28^\circ {04}^{\prime}{32}^{{\prime}{\prime}}\)

350

10

TM54

\(37^\circ {00}^{\prime}{39}^{{\prime}{\prime}}\)

\(28^\circ {24}^{\prime}{30}^{{\prime}{\prime}}\)

270

29

TM346

\(39^\circ {12}^{\prime}{55}^{{\prime}{\prime}}\)

\(26^\circ {57}^{\prime}{25}^{{\prime}{\prime}}\)

460

46

TM363

\(37^\circ {07}^{\prime}{00}^{{\prime}{\prime}}\)

\(27^\circ {50}^{\prime}{11}^{{\prime}{\prime}}\)

350

12

GKO81

\(37^\circ {04}^{\prime}{16}^{{\prime}{\prime}}\)

\(27^\circ {44}^{\prime}{50}^{{\prime}{\prime}}\)

410

8

GKO83

\(37^\circ {12}^{\prime}{17}^{{\prime}{\prime}}\)

\(27^\circ {54}^{\prime}{46}^{{\prime}{\prime}}\)

395

23

GKO107

\(37^\circ {07}^{\prime}{30}^{{\prime}{\prime}}\)

\(27^\circ {50}^{\prime}{35}^{{\prime}{\prime}}\)

350

7