ABSTRACT Silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) is one of the most valuable conifer trees in Europe for
historical and economic reasons. Growing interest in the species, along with the recognition …

Foresters from many countries are seeking for tree species or provenances able to cope with
expected climate change. While it becomes clear that some temperate tree species will …

In the face of climate change, populations have two survival options− they can remain in situ
and tolerate the new climatic conditions (“stay”), or they can move to track their climatic …

Recent climate warming and scenarios for further warming have led to expectations of rapid
movement of ecological boundaries. Here we focus on the circumarctic forest–tundra …

ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

This account presents information on all aspects of the biology of Viscum album L.(Mistletoe)
that are relevant to understanding its ecological characteristics and behaviour. The main …

Field data in Europe (including absences) Observed presences in Europe such as Cinaria
pectinatae and Epinotia nigricana are affecting bark and buds2. Silver fir is vulnerable to Ips …

A warming global climate will elicit changes in the distribution of plant species around the
planet, and this will become most apparent where biomes converge. Climate exerts the …

Aim As a prominent geographical distribution centre for the dark coniferous forests,
mountains of Southwest China (MSWC) is experiencing an unprecedented warming trend …

The availability of high-resolution, cost-effective polymorphic genetic markers displaying
Mendelian inheritance is a prerequisite for fine-scale population genetic analyses as well as …