Integrating forest health conditions and species adaptive capacities to infer future trajectories of the high elevation five-needle white pines

AW Schoettle, KS Burns, ST McKinney… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tree mortality rates have been increasing globally with mountainous regions experiencing
higher temperatures and impacts from the expansion and intensification of pests and …

The role of hybridization during ecological divergence of southwestern white pine (Pinus strobiformis) and limber pine (P. flexilis)

M Menon, JC Bagley, CJ Friedline… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Interactions between extrinsic factors, such as disruptive selection and intrinsic factors, such
as genetic incompatibilities among loci, often contribute to the maintenance of species …

Morphological Differences in Pinus strobiformis Across Latitudinal and Elevational Gradients

A Leal-Sáenz, KM Waring, M Menon… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The phenotype of trees is determined by the relationships and interactions among genetic
and environmental influences. Understanding the patterns and processes that are …

Oystershell scale: an emerging invasive threat to aspen in the southwestern US

CD Crouch, AM Grady, NP Wilhelmi, RW Hofstetter… - Biological …, 2021 - Springer
Oystershell scale (OSS; Lepidosaphes ulmi) is an emerging invasive insect that poses a
serious threat to conservation of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) in the southwestern …

Tracing the footprints of a moving hybrid zone under a demographic history of speciation with gene flow

M Menon, E Landguth, A Leal‐Saenz… - Evolutionary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A lack of optimal gene combinations, as well as low levels of genetic diversity, is often
associated with the formation of species range margins. Conservation efforts rely on …

Adaptive evolution in a conifer hybrid zone is driven by a mosaic of recently introgressed and background genetic variants

M Menon, JC Bagley, GFM Page, AV Whipple… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Extant conifer species may be susceptible to rapid environmental change owing to their long
generation times, but could also be resilient due to high levels of standing genetic diversity …

Water relations and drought response of Pinus strobiformis

ER Bucholz, KM Waring, TE Kolb… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
Southwestern white pine (Pinus strobiformis Engelm.) faces dual threats of climate change
shifting its environmental niche and mortality due to a nonnative, invasive fungal pathogen …

Assessment and Models of Insect Damage to Cones and Seeds of Pinus strobiformis in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico

A Leal-Sáenz, KM Waring, R Álvarez-Zagoya… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Insect damage to cones and seeds has a strong impact on the regeneration of conifer forest
ecosystems, with broader implications for ecological and economic services. Lack of control …

Genetic variation in Pinus strobiformis growth and drought tolerance from southwestern US populations

BA Goodrich, KM Waring, TE Kolb - Tree Physiology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The persistence of some tree species is threatened by combinations of novel abiotic and
biotic stressors. To examine the hypothesis that Pinus strobiformis Engelm., a tree …

[HTML][HTML] Efecto de la severidad del fuego en las características de la estructura forestal en rodales de coníferas

DY Ávila-Flores, MA González-Tagle… - … ciencias forestales y …, 2014 - scielo.org.mx
El objetivo del presente trabajo fue realizar un análisis exploratorio de la distribución
espacial del arbolado en rodales mixtos de coníferas de la Sierra Madre Oriental, afectados …