Characterizing seasonal variation in foliar biochemistry with airborne imaging spectroscopy

A Chlus, PA Townsend - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Foliar biochemical traits are important indicators of ecosystem functioning and health that
are impractical to characterize at large spatial and temporal scales using traditional …

Finding common ground: Toward comparable indicators of adaptive capacity of tree species to a changing climate

S Royer‐Tardif, L Boisvert‐Marsh… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Adaptive capacity, one of the three determinants of vulnerability to climate change, is
defined as the capacity of species to persist in their current location by coping with novel …

[HTML][HTML] TAMM review: On the importance of tap and tree characteristics in maple sugaring

T Rademacher, M Cliche, É Bouchard… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Maple sugaring mainly uses sugar and red maples (Acer saccharum and Acer rubrum) by
tapping them for sap in the leafless-state across large portions of their ranges. How much …

Ice ages leave genetic diversity 'hotspots' in Europe but not in Eastern North America

CY Lumibao, SM Hoban, J McLachlan - Ecology Letters, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
After the last glacial cycle, temperate European trees migrated northward, experiencing
genetic bottlenecks and founder effects, which left high haplotype endemism in southern …

Historical biogeography of Acer L. (Sapindaceae): genetic evidence for Out-of-Asia hypothesis with multiple dispersals to North America and Europe

J Gao, PC Liao, BH Huang, T Yu, YY Zhang, JQ Li - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Biogeography is the study of where, when, and how modern species evolved and
diversified. Acer L.(maple) is one of the most diverse and widespread genera in the Northern …

Historical effects on beta diversity and community assembly in Amazonian trees

KG Dexter, JW Terborgh… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
We present a unique perspective on the role of historical processes in community assembly
by synthesizing analyses of species turnover among communities with environmental data …

Chloroplast genome‐based genetic resources via genome skimming for the subalpine forests of Japan and adjacent regions

JRP Worth, S Kikuchi, S Kanetani… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Japanese subalpine zone is dominated by an ecologically important forest biome,
subalpine coniferous forest, constituting a distinct assemblage of cold‐tolerant angiosperm …

Despite introgressive hybridization, North American birches (Betula spp.) maintain strong differentiation at nuclear microsatellite loci

AM Thomson, CW Dick, AL Pascoini… - Tree Genetics & …, 2015 - Springer
Extensive chloroplast introgression has been documented in polyploid Betula species of
eastern North America. However, the extent to which the nuclear genomes of these species …

[HTML][HTML] Reduction in water stress for tree saplings using hydrogels in soil

M Kargar, R Suresh, M Legrand, P Jutras… - Journal of Geoscience …, 2017 - scirp.org
The effect of soil amendment with hydrogel on reducing water stress was tested for Siberian
elm (Ulmus pumila) and silver maple (Acer saccharinum) saplings. The trees were planted …

Resolving relationships and phylogeographic history of the Nyssa sylvatica complex using data from RAD-seq and species distribution modeling

W Zhou, X Ji, S Obata, A Pais, Y Dong, R Peet… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nyssa sylvatica complex consists of several woody taxa occurring in eastern North America.
These taxa were recognized as two or three species including three or four varieties by …