Guidelines for planning genomic assessment and monitoring of locally adaptive variation to inform species conservation

SP Flanagan, BR Forester, EK Latch… - Evolutionary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying and monitoring locally adaptive genetic variation can have direct utility for
conserving species at risk, especially when management may include actions such as …

Conservation of adaptive potential and functional diversity: integrating old and new approaches

BK Mable - Conservation Genetics, 2019 - Springer
Continuing advances in whole genome scale approaches integrated with other
'omic'technologies promise to revolutionise understanding about the relevance of genetic …

Experimental support for genomic prediction of climate maladaptation using the machine learning approach Gradient Forests

MC Fitzpatrick, VE Chhatre… - Molecular Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Gradient Forests (GF) is a machine learning algorithm that is gaining in popularity for
studying the environmental drivers of genomic variation and for incorporating genomic …

Genotype–Environment mismatch of kelp forests under climate change

S Vranken, T Wernberg, A Scheben… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is increasingly impacting ecosystems globally. Understanding adaptive
genetic diversity and whether it will keep pace with projected climatic change is necessary to …

Large-scale genome-wide study reveals climate adaptive variability in a cosmopolitan pest

Y Chen, Z Liu, J Régnière, L Vasseur, J Lin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Understanding the genetic basis of climatic adaptation is essential for predicting species'
responses to climate change. However, intraspecific variation of these responses arising …

Landscape genomics of Quercus lobata reveals genes involved in local climate adaptation at multiple spatial scales

PF Gugger, ST Fitz‐Gibbon, A Albarrán‐Lara… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how the environment shapes genetic variation provides critical insight about
the evolution of local adaptation in natural populations. At multiple spatial scales and …

Landscape genomics provides evidence of climate‐associated genetic variation in Mexican populations of Quercus rugosa

K Martins, PF Gugger… - Evolutionary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Local adaptation is a critical evolutionary process that allows plants to grow better in their
local compared to non‐native habitat and results in species‐wide geographic patterns of …

Combining genotype, phenotype, and environmental data to delineate site‐adjusted provenance strategies for ecological restoration

CS Carvalho, BR Forester, SK Mitre… - Molecular Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the importance of climate‐adjusted provenancing to mitigate the effects of
environmental change, climatic considerations alone are insufficient when restoring highly …

Genomics‐informed delineation of conservation units in a desert amphibian

BR Forester, M Murphy, C Mellison… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Delineating conservation units (CUs, eg, evolutionarily significant units, ESUs, and
management units, MUs) is critical to the recovery of declining species because CUs inform …

Using gradient Forest to predict climate response and adaptation in Cork oak

M Vanhove, F Pina‐Martins, AC Coelho… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Climate change is impacting locally adapted species such as the keystone tree species cork
oak (Quercus suber L.). Quantifying the importance of environmental variables in explaining …