As temperatures warm and precipitation patterns shift as a result of climate change, interest
in the identification of tree genotypes that will thrive under more arid conditions has grown …

Key message The history of the relationship between plant growth and water consumption is
retraced by following the progression of scientific thought through the centuries: from a …

Worldwide periods of heat and drought are projected to be more frequent, longer, and
occurring earlier, which could deleteriously affect the productivity of cool-season crops …

As boreal forests face significant threats from climate change, understanding evolutionary
trajectories of coniferous species has become fundamental to adapting management and …

Aim We investigate the effects of the environmental and geographical processes driving
growth resilience and recovery in response to drought in Mediterranean Pinus pinaster …

Studying and understanding the evolution of relictual natural populations is critical for
developing conservation initiatives of endangered species, such as management in situ and …

The selection of ideotypes combining high biomass production, high water use efficiency
(WUE) and adequate wood properties is a major challenge in improving forest trees for …

A decade of genetic association studies in multiple organisms suggests that most complex
traits are polygenic; that is, they have a genetic architecture determined by numerous loci …

Adaptation of long‐living forest trees to respond to environmental changes is essential to
secure their performance under adverse conditions. Water deficit is one of the most …

Background Predicting the adaptability of forest tree populations under future climates
requires a better knowledge of both the adaptive significance and evolvability of measurable …