Time to get moving: assisted gene flow of forest trees

SN Aitken, JB Bemmels - Evolutionary applications, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Geographic variation in trees has been investigated since the mid‐18th century. Similar
patterns of clinal variation have been observed along latitudinal and elevational gradients in …

Will plant movements keep up with climate change?

RT Corlett, DA Westcott - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2013 - cell.com
In the face of anthropogenic climate change, species must acclimate, adapt, move, or die.
Although some species are moving already, their ability to keep up with the faster changes …

Preparing for climate change: forestry and assisted migration

MI Williams, RK Dumroese - Journal of Forestry, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Although plants have moved across the landscape in response to changing climate for
millennia, projections of contemporary climate change suggest that forest tree species and …

Understanding flood regime changes in Europe: a state-of-the-art assessment

J Hall, B Arheimer, M Borga, R Brázdil… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2014 - hess.copernicus.org
There is growing concern that flooding is becoming more frequent and severe in Europe. A
better understanding of flood regime changes and their drivers is therefore needed. The …

[HTML][HTML] Tracing the origin of Oriental beech stands across Western Europe and reporting hybridization with European beech–Implications for assisted gene flow

M Kurz, A Kölz, J Gorges, BP Carmona, P Brang… - Forest ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The benefits and risks of human-aided translocation of individuals within the species range,
assisted gene flow (AGF), depend on the genetic divergence, on the rate and direction of …

Ecological niche models in phylogeographic studies: applications, advances and precautions

DF Alvarado‐Serrano… - Molecular ecology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The increased availability of spatial data and methodological developments in species
distribution modelling has lead to concurrent advances in phylogeography, broadening the …

Recent declines of Populus tremuloides in North America linked to climate

JJ Worrall, GE Rehfeldt, A Hamann, EH Hogg… - Forest Ecology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Populus tremuloides (trembling aspen) recently experienced extensive crown thinning,
branch dieback, and mortality across North America. To investigate the role of climate, we …

Shifting with climate? Evidence for recent changes in tree species distribution at high latitudes

L Boisvert-Marsh, C Périé, S de Blois - Ecosphere, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Warming has been particularly strong at high latitudes in recent decades and bioclimatic
models predict northern shifts in optimal conditions for most species. Climate is a strong …

Forest structure and species traits mediate projected recruitment declines in western US tree species

SZ Dobrowski, AK Swanson… - Global Ecology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Determine if differences in the climatic niche between conspecific adult and juvenile
trees of the western U nites S tates vary by species traits and to assess if forest canopies …

Scale-sensitivity in the measurement and interpretation of environmental niches

M Lu, W Jetz - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - cell.com
Species environmental niches are central to ecology, evolution, and global change
research, but their characterization and interpretation depend on the spatial scale …