Populations are locally adapted when populations have the highest relative fitness at their
home sites, and lower fitness in other parts of the range. Results from the extensive …

Trees do not form a natural group but share attributes such as great size, longevity, and high
reproductive output that affect their mode and tempo of evolution. In particular, trees are …

Although theory has demonstrated rather low levels of gene flow are sufficient to counteract
opposing mutation, drift, and selection, widespread recognition of the evolutionary …

Aim To assess the effect of local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity on the potential
distribution of species under future climate changes. Trees may be adapted to specific …

Theory predicts widespread loss of genetic diversity from drift and inbreeding in trees
subjected to habitat fragmentation, yet empirical support of this theory is scarce. We argue …

By the end of the 1980s, a broad consensus had developed that there were potential
environmental risks of transgenic plants requiring assessment and that this assessment …

Ecological restoration aims to assist the recovery of degraded, damaged, or destroyed
ecosystems. Restoration practitioners increasingly recognize the value of using ecologically …

DNA microsatellites provide plant ecologists with molecular markers precise enough to
assign parentage to seeds and seedlings. This allows the exact distance and trajectory of …

The question of how far pollen can move between plants has implications for topics as
diverse as habitat fragmentation, conservation management, and the containment of …

Characterization of land cover change in the past is fundamental to understand the evolution
and present state of the Earth system, the amount of carbon and nutrient stocks in terrestrial …