Long-distance gene flow and adaptation of forest trees to rapid climate change

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 378-392

  Kremer, Antoine ^a,b   Ronce, Ophélie ^c   Robledo Arnuncio, Juan J ^d   Guillaume, Frédéric ^e   Bohrer, Gil ^f   Nathan, Ran ^g   Bridle, Jon R ^h   Gomulkiewicz, Richard ⁱ   Klein, Etienne K ^j   Ritland, Kermit ^k   Kuparinen, Anna ^l   Gerber, Sophie ^a,b   Schueler, Silvio ^m  

^a UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f Ohio State University   (United States)

^g HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j INRA   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^m FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Forest trees; Gene flow; Selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FITNESS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; NATURAL SELECTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TREE;

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVOLUTION; FOREST; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; INBREEDING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; SEED DISPERSAL; TREE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; MODELS, GENETIC; POLLEN; SEED DISPERSAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; TREES;

EID: 84858290851     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01746.x     Document Type: Review

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