[HTML][HTML] Can assisted migration mitigate climate-change impacts on forests?

W Xu, CE Prescott - Forest Ecology and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
In the face of anthropogenic climate change, forest and tree populations must adapt,
migrate, or face extirpation. Assisted migration (AM) has emerged as a promising forestry …

Are there hybrid zones in Fagus sylvatica L. sensu lato?

M Hrivnák, D Krajmerová, L Paule, P Zhelev… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
The complex of beech taxa in western Eurasia (Fagus sylvatica L. sl) represents one of the
most widespread broad-leaved trees in the temperate forests of the northern hemisphere …

A subgeneric classification of Fagus (Fagaceae) and revised taxonomy of western Eurasian beeches

T Denk, GW Grimm, S Cardoni, K Csilléry, M Kurz… - Willdenowia, 2024 - BioOne
We propose a long-overdue subgeneric classification of Fagus and revision of its western
Eurasian taxa based on population-level sampling of morphological and molecular data …

Framing recent advances in assisted migration of Trees: A Special Issue

JA Stanturf, V Ivetić, RK Dumroese - Forest Ecology and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate is changing faster than long-lived species, such as forest trees, can migrate or
adapt, risking adverse impacts on tree growth and forest composition (Aitken et al., 2008 …

Recurrent hybridization and gene flow shaped Norway and Siberian spruce evolutionary history over multiple glacial cycles

Q Zhou, P Karunarathne, L Andersson‐Li… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Most tree species underwent cycles of contraction and expansion during the Quaternary.
These cycles led to an ancient and complex genetic structure that has since been affected …

Genomic diversity of major tree species in the Eurasian relict forests of northern Iran

M Vatanparast, P Madsen, K Sagheb-Talebi… - Tree Genetics & …, 2024 - Springer
We investigated population genetics of the native tree species Acer velutinum Boiss., Fagus
orientalis Lipsky, and Quercus castaneifolia CA Mey. in the Hyrcanian forests of northern …

Leveraging remote sensing to distinguish closely related beech species in assisted gene flow scenarios

G Kaplan, A Mora, K Csillery, MC Schuman - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests are suffering under increasingly severe and
frequent drought. Three closely related, hybridizing beech species, ranging from Bulgaria …

Comparative Phylogeography of Tree Species in the Hyrcanian Forests, Iran by Genome-wide SNPs

M Vatanparast, P Madsen, K Sagheb-Talebi, JB Larsen… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Abstract The Hyrcanian forests in Iran are one of the last remaining natural deciduous
forests in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage site. We investigated the population …