Large-scale exploitation of wild animals and plants through fishing, hunting and logging
often depends on augmentation through releases of translocated or captively raised …

Floodplain forests offer a diversity of habitats and resources for a very wide range of plant
and animal species. They also offer many benefits to humankind and are considered …

Human activities such as the transport of species to new regions and modifications of the
environment are increasingly reshaping the distribution of biota. Accordingly, developing …

Planted forests of alien tree species make significant contributions to the economy and
provide multiple products and ecosystem services On the other hand, non-native trees now …

We have evaluated three DNA-based marker types for linkage map construction in Populus:
RFLPs detected by Southern blot hybridization, STSs detected by a combination of PCR and …

Although invasive alien plants are gaining increased attention within EPPO countries, there
is no existing widely agreed method to identify those alien plants that are considered …

The genus Betula comprises various species in boreal and temperate climate zones of the
Northern Hemisphere. The taxonomy of Betula is controversial and complicated by parallel …

When faced with a large species pool of invasive or potentially invasive alien plants,
prioritization is an essential prerequisite for focusing limited resources on species which …

The first part of the chapter reviews the genetic systems of Populus and Salix and how they
form the basis for the various domestication and conservation options available today. The …

Abstract The European black poplar (Populus nigra L.) is a major species of riparian
softwood forests. Due to human influences, it is one of the most threatened tree species in …