Why seedlings grow: influence of plant attributes

SC Grossnickle, JE MacDonald - New forests, 2018 - Springer
Successful forest restoration requires planting quality seedlings with optimal growth
potential. Thus, nurseries need to produce seedlings with plant attributes that favor the best …

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 …

Diversity for Restoration (D4R): Guiding the selection of tree species and seed sources for climate‐resilient restoration of tropical forest landscapes

T Fremout, E Thomas, H Taedoumg… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
At the start of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030), the restoration of
degraded ecosystems is more than ever a global priority. Tree planting will make up a large …

The application of assisted migration as a climate change adaptation tactic: An evidence map and synthesis

WM Twardek, JJ Taylor, T Rytwinski, SN Aitken… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Assisted migration entails the human assisted movement of individuals to more climatically-
suitable areas within or outside of their current species range to help species respond to …

Assisted migration field tests in Canada and Mexico: Lessons, limitations, and challenges

C Sáenz-Romero, G O'Neill, SN Aitken… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
Assisted migration of forest tree populations through reforestation and restoration is a
climate change adaptation strategy under consideration in many jurisdictions. Matching …

Adaptive and plastic responses of Quercus petraea populations to climate across Europe

C Sáenz‐Romero, JB Lamy, A Ducousso… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
How temperate forests will respond to climate change is uncertain; projections range from
severe decline to increased growth. We conducted field tests of sessile oak (Quercus …

Douglas‐fir plantations in Europe: a retrospective test of assisted migration to address climate change

MG Isaac‐Renton, DR Roberts, A Hamann… - Global change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We evaluate genetic test plantations of North American Douglas‐fir provenances in Europe
to quantify how tree populations respond when subjected to climate regime shifts, and we …

Assisted migration within species range ignores biotic interactions and lacks evidence

A Bucharova - Restoration Ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of climate change, many plant species may have problems adapting or
dispersing rapidly enough to keep pace with changing environmental conditions. Given …

Climate change and the suitability of local and non‐local species for ecosystem restoration

PA Harrison - Ecological Management & Restoration, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Restoring damaged, degraded and destroyed forest ecosystems to a target state often
follows a local‐is‐best approach. However, rapidly changing climates may result in the local …

Climate change and mixed forests: how do altered survival probabilities impact economically desirable species proportions of Norway spruce and European beech?

C Paul, S Brandl, S Friedrich, W Falk, F Härtl… - Annals of Forest …, 2019 - Springer
Key message Economic consequences of altered survival probabilities under climate
change should be considered for regeneration planning in Southeast Germany. Findings …