Contributions of intraspecific variation to drought tolerance in trees

A Gazol, A Fajardo, JJ Camarero - Current Forestry Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The capacity of woody plants to cope with climate change
depends on their adjustments to changing environmental conditions by phenotypic plasticity …

Within and between population phenotypic variation in growth vigor and sensitivity to drought stress in five temperate tree species

V Fririon, H Davi, S Oddou-Muratorio… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Within-population variation in individual tree growth and response to climate has an impact
on forest dynamics, resilience and adaptation to environmental change. Combining …

Decoupling of functional traits from intraspecific patterns of growth and drought stress resistance

KL Kerr, JC Fickle, WRL Anderegg - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Intraspecific variation in functional traits may mediate tree species' drought resistance, yet
whether trait variation is due to genotype (G), environment (E), or G× E interactions remains …

Unraveling the importance of inter-and intraspecific competition for the adaptation of forests to climate change

C Ammer - Progress in Botany Vol. 78, 2017 - Springer
Climate change implies a new and challenging source of uncertainty for forestry and
requires adaptation measures. In the context of silviculture two main approaches have …

Unveiling intra-population functional variability patterns in a European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) population from the southern range edge: drought resistance, post …

D Sánchez-Gómez, I Aranda - Tree Physiology, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Understanding covariation patterns of drought resistance, post-drought recovery and
phenotypic plasticity, and their variability at the intra-population level are crucial for …

Evolvability of drought response in four native and non-native conifers: opportunities for forest and genetic resource management in Europe

S Schueler, JP George, S Karanitsch-Ackerl… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Intraspecific genetic variation in drought response is expected to play an important role in
determining the persistence of tree populations in global change as it (1) allows for …

[HTML][HTML] Intra-specific variation in growth and wood density traits under water-limited conditions: Long-term-, short-term-, and sudden responses of four conifer tree …

JP George, M Grabner, F Campelo… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Consequences of climate change will severely affect forest ecosystems in the near future,
yet our understanding of how and why trees are responding to their abiotic environment is …

The rear window: structural and functional plasticity in tree responses to climate change inferred from growth rings

J Martínez-Vilalta - Tree Physiology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Forecasting how species will respond to ongoing climate change is one of the key scientific
challenges of our time (Parmesan 2006, Allen et al. 2015). Although climatic thresholds must …

Toward the genetic improvement of drought tolerance in conifers: An integrated approach

P Baldi, N La Porta - Forests, 2022 - mdpi.com
The constant rise in the global temperature and unpredictable shifts in precipitation patterns
are two of the main effects of climate change. Therefore, there is an increasing amount of …

Patterns of drought tolerance in major European temperate forest trees: climatic drivers and levels of variability

C Zang, C Hartl‐Meier, C Dittmar, A Rothe… - Global change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The future performance of native tree species under climate change conditions is frequently
discussed, since increasingly severe and more frequent drought events are expected to …