Developing seed zones and transfer guidelines with multivariate regression trees

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 399-408

  Hamann, Andreas ^a   Gylander, Tim ^a   Chen, Pei yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspen; Ecological genetics; Genecology; Genetic diversity; Red alder; Tree improvement

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; ALNUS RUBRA;

EID: 79952984092     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-010-0341-7     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Breiman L (2001) Random forests. Mach Learn 45: 5-32.
2. Campbell RK (1979) Genecology of Douglas-fir in a watershed in the Oregon Cascades. Ecology 60: 1036-1050.
3. Campbell RK (1986) Mapped genetic variation of Douglas-fir to guide seed transfer in southwest Oregon. Silvae Genetica 35: 85-96.
4. Campbell RK (1991) Soils, seed-zone maps, and physiography-guidelines for seed transfer of Douglas-fir in southwestern Oregon. Forest Sci 37: 973-986.
5. Cohen J (1994) The earth is round (p & 0. 05). Am Psychol 49: 997-1003.
6. Daly C, Halbleib M, Smith JI, Gibson WP, Doggett MK, Taylor GH, Curtis J, Pasteris PP (2008) Physiographically sensitive mapping of climatological temperature and precipitation across the conterminous United States. Int J Climatol 28: 2031-2064.
7. De'Ath G (2002) Multivariate regression trees: a new technique for modeling species-environment relationships. Ecology 83: 1105-1117.
8. Eckert AJ, Wegrzyn JL, Pande B, Jermstad KD, Lee JM, Liechty JD, Tearse BR, Krutovsky KV, Neale DB (2009) Multilocus patterns of nucleotide diversity and divergence reveal positive selection at candidate genes related to cold hardiness in coastal Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii). Genetics 183: 289-298.
9. EPA (2007) U. S. ecoregion maps and GIS resources. Available online: http://www. epa. gov/wed. Environmental Protection Agency, Western Ecology Division, Corvallis.
10. Hamann A, El-Kassaby YA, Koshy MP, Namkoong G (1998) Multivariate analysis of allozymic and quantitative trait variation in Alnus rubra: geographic patterns and evolutionary implications. Can J For Res 28: 1557-1565.
11. Hamann A, Koshy MP, Namkoong G, Ying CC (2000) Genotype × environment interactions in Alnus rubra: developing seed zones and seed transfer guidelines with spatial statistics and GIS. For Ecol Manage 136: 107-119.
12. Hamann A, Namkoong G, Koshy MP (2002) Improving precision of breeding values by removing spatially autocorrelated variation in forestry field experiments. Silvae Genetica 51: 210-215.
13. Hamann A, Smets P, Yanchuk AD, Aitken SN (2005) An ecogeographic framework for in situ conservation of forest trees in British Columbia. Can J For Res 35: 2553-2561.
14. Hamann A, Wang TL (2005) Models of climatic normals for genecology and climate change studies in British Columbia. Agric For Meteorol 128: 211-221.
15. Holliday JA, Ritland K, Aitken SN (2010) Widespread, ecologically relevant genetic markers developed from association mapping of climate-related traits in Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis). New Phytologist 188: 501-514.
16. Johnson DH (1999) The insignificance of statistical significance testing. J Wildl Manage 63: 763-772.
17. Lesser MR, Parker WH (2006) Comparison of canonical correlation and regression based focal point seed zones of white spruce. Can J For Res 36: 1572-1586.
18. Lindgren D, Ying CC (2000) A model integrating seed source adaptation and seed use. New For 20: 87-104.
19. Little EL (1971) Atlas of United States trees. Miscellaneous publication no. 1146. United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.
20. Mangold RD, Libby WJ (1978) Model for reforestation with optimal and suboptimal tree populations. Silvae Genetica 27: 66-68.
21. Marris E (2009) Planting the forest of the future. Nature 459: 906-908.
22. Mátyás C (1990) Adaptational lag: a general feature of natural populations. Joint meeting of Western Forest Genetics Association and IUFRO Working Parties, Douglas-fir, Contorta Pine, Sitka Spruce, and Abies Breeding and Genetic Resources 20-24 August, Olympia, WA, pp 1-11.
23. Mbogga MS, Hamann A, Wang T (2009) Historical and projected climate data for natural resource management in western Canada. Agric For Meteorol 149: 881-890.
24. McKenney D, Pedlar J, O'Neill G (2009) Climate change and forest seed zones: past trends, future prospects and challenges to ponder. Forest Chron 85: 258-266.
25. Meidinger DV, Pojar J (1991) Ecosystems of British Columbia special report series, no. 6. Research Branch, Ministry of Forests, Victoria.
26. Morgenstern EK (1996) Geographic variation in forest trees-genetic basis and application of knowledge in silviculture. University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver.
27. Namkoong G (1969) Nonoptimality of local races. Proceedings of the 10th Southern Conference on Forest Tree Improvement. Texas A& M University Press, College Station, pp 149-153.
28. NRC (2006) Natural regions and subregions of Alberta. Natural Regions Committee, publication no. I/005 Alberta Environment. Natural Regions Committee, Edmonton.
29. O'Neill GA, Aitken SN (2004) Area-based breeding zones to minimize maladaptation. Can J For Res 34: 695-704.
30. O'Neill GA, Nigh G, Wang T, Ott PK (2007) Growth response functions improved by accounting for nonclimatic site effects. Can J For Res 37: 2724-2730.
31. Parker WH (1992) Focal point seed zones-site-specific seed zone delineation using geographic information systems. Can J For Res 22: 267-271.
32. R Development Core Team (2008) R: a language and environment for statistical computing. http://www. R-project. org. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna. ISBN: 3-900051-07-0.
33. Raymond CA, Lindgren D (1990) Genetic flexibility-a model for determining the range of suitable environments for a seed source. Silvae Genetica 39: 112-120.
34. Rehfeldt GE (1988) Ecological genetics of Pinus contorta from the Rocky Mountains (USA)-a synthesis. Silvae Genetica 37: 131-135.
35. Rehfeldt GE (1989) Ecological adaptations in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var glauca)-a synthesis. For Ecol Manage 28: 203-215.
36. Roberds JH, Hyun JO, Namkoong G, Rink G (1990) Height response functions for white ash provenances grown at different latitudes. Silvae Genetica 39: 121-129.
37. Selby CJ, Santry MJ (1996) A national ecological framework for Canada: data model, database and programs. State of the Environment Directorate, Environment Canada, Ottawa.
38. Wang T, Hamann A, Spittlehouse DL, Aitken SN (2006a) Development of scale-free climate data for western Canada for use in resource management. Int J Climatol 26: 383-397.
39. Wang T, Hamann A, Yanchuk A, O'Neill GA, Aitken SN (2006b) Use of response functions in selecting lodgepole pine populations for future climates. Global Change Biol 12: 2404-2416.
40. Wulder MA, White JC, Cranny M, Hall RJ, Luther JE, Beaudoin A, Goodenough DG, Dechka JA (2008) Monitoring Canada's forests. Part 1: completion of the EOSD land cover project. Can J Rem Sens 34: 549-562.
41. Ying CC, Yanchuk AD (2006) The development of British Columbia's tree seed transfer guidelines: purpose, concept, methodology, and implementation. For Ecol Manage 227: 1-13.