TY - BOOK ID - 133944893 TI - Genetic Resources and Adaptive Management of Conifers in a Changing World PY - 2021 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Research & information: general KW - Camptotheca acuminata KW - MaxEnt KW - climateAP KW - suitable habitat KW - climate change KW - soil KW - genetic variation KW - seed sourcing KW - forest management KW - genetic conservation KW - Pinus sylvestris KW - climate-change impacts KW - ecosystem responses to climate KW - species distributions KW - climatype distributions KW - adaptive management KW - provenance test KW - genecology KW - reforestation KW - restoration KW - conservation KW - assisted migration KW - climatic change KW - climate transfer distance KW - dryness index KW - Abies religiosa KW - survival KW - mortality KW - biomass KW - basal diameter KW - Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve KW - Picea abies KW - field trials KW - provenances KW - families KW - clones KW - height growth KW - phenotypic stability KW - phenotypic plasticity KW - mountain forest KW - tree species selection KW - Scots pine KW - adaptation KW - wood anatomy KW - tracheidogram KW - traits KW - common garden KW - silver fir KW - grand fir KW - Balkan firs KW - drought stress KW - resilience KW - scots pine seed mass and seed zones KW - a provenance trial KW - bioclimatic models KW - an ensemble of general circulation models KW - RCP 2.6 and RCP 8.5 scenarios KW - Russia KW - n/a UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133944893 AB - Climatic change causes a mismatch between tree populations on sites they currently occupy and the climate to which they have adapted in the past. The maintenance of productivity and of ecological and societal services requires resilient populations and ecosystems, particularly close to the vulnerable trailing (xeric) range limits. The studies confirm the selective effect of diverse habitat/climate conditions across the species ranges. Soil conditions may mask climate effects and should be considered separately. The unique potential of provenance tests is illustrated by growth response projections that may be less dramatic than provided by usual inventory data analyses. Assisted migration appears to be a feasible management action to compensate for climatic warming. However, the choice of populations needs special care under extreme conditions and outside the limits of current natural distribution ranges. The proper differentiation of measures according to the present and future adaptive challenges require the continuation of long-term analyses and the establishment of better focused field trials in disparate climates that contain populations from a representative range of habitats. The studies present results obtained from diverse regions of the temperate forest zone, from Central and Northwestern Europe, the Mediterranean, Russia, China, North and Central America. ER -