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What is the future of genetically modified (or transgenic) conifer plantations? The content of this edited volume Landscapes, Genomics and Transgenic Conifers addresses this question directly - and indirectly - using language drawn from policy, forest history, genomics, metabolism, pollen dispersal and gene flow, landscape ecology, evolution, economics, technology transfer and regulatory oversight. Although the book takes its title from a Nicholas School Leadership forum held November 17-19, 2004 at Duke University, its de novo contents move past the forum’s deliberations. The result is a trans-disciplinary book composed of 14 chapters written by a total of 31 authors working in North America, South America, Europe and Africa. The book is written for policy experts, life scientists, government and business leaders, biotechnology writers and activists. Few decision-makers realize the unprecedented degree to which transgenic technology is now possible for forests on a commercial scale. Only a handful of the 550 living conifer species used for commodity value and even fewer species are being developed for transgenic plantations. Transgenic field trials started within the last decade but no transgenic pine plantations exist in 2005. But emergence of transgenic forest trees is still so recent that dialogue about the pros and cons is confined to the scientific community. And dialogue must move out into the public domain. The goal of this volume is to provide content for public deliberations about the genetic composition of future forests. Its Section I is composed of provocative and opposing views on the question of transgenic conifer plantations. Sections II and III follow with research advances on relevant conifer genomics and ecology research, respectively. Section IV forecasts rates of technology adoption for different case studies. Finally, Section V compares the status of regulatory oversight of transgenic forest trees between Canada and the United States. But will the book fulfil its goal? The burden of the answer lies with its readers. Will readers act – or will transgenic forests be seen as too remote or simply too rural to bother with the angst of public deliberation?

Conifers --- Transgenic plants. --- Plant genetic engineering. --- Forestry biotechnology. --- Genetic engineering. --- Life sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Landscape ecology. --- Forestry. --- Forest products. --- Plant genetics. --- Economic policy. --- Life Sciences. --- Landscape Ecology. --- Wood Science & Technology. --- Plant Genetics & Genomics. --- R & D/Technology Policy. --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Plants --- Genetics --- Forest production --- Botany, Economic --- Commercial products --- Raw materials --- Forest land --- Forest lands --- Forest planting --- Forest sciences --- Forestation --- Forested lands --- Forestland --- Forestlands --- Forestry --- Forestry industry --- Forestry sciences --- Land, Forest --- Lands, Forest --- Silviculture --- Sylviculture --- Woodlands --- Woods (Forests) --- Agriculture --- Natural resources --- Afforestation --- Arboriculture --- Logging --- Timber --- Tree crops --- Trees --- Ecology --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Forest biotechnology --- Agricultural biotechnology --- Genetic engineering --- Plant biotechnology --- Transgenic plants --- GE crops (Genetically engineered crops) --- GE plants (Genetically engineered plants) --- Genetically engineered crops --- Genetically engineered plants --- Genetically modified crops --- Genetically modified plants --- GM crops (Genetically modified crops) --- GM plants (Genetically modified plants) --- Novel crops --- Transgenic crops --- Plants, Cultivated --- Transgenic organisms --- Plant genetic engineering --- Coniferae --- Coniferales --- Softwood trees --- Softwoods (Trees) --- Gymnosperms --- Evergreens --- Forests and forestry. --- Wood. --- Plant Genetics and Genomics. --- Building materials --- Forest products

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Economic policy and planning (general) --- Nature protection --- Plant physiology. Plant biophysics --- Forestry --- Agriculture. Animal husbandry. Hunting. Fishery --- Building materials. Building technology --- systematische plantkunde --- technologiebeleid --- houtverwerking --- landschapsecologie --- genomics --- landbouw --- bossen --- hout

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Focusing on the example of the Lost Pines forest of Texas, this book contextualises the present-day conservation of the Lost Pines within its wealth of historical and geological records. This in turn presents a realistic example for examining evolutionary dynamics models and how they can guide management of temperate pine forests under the uncertainty of future climate change. Synthesising knowledge from many scholarly disciplines, and presenting the latest knowledge on how temperate forests respond to climate change, the book provides insight into how resource professionals actually solve complex multi-layered problems.  A useful aid for forest management professionals and for advanced students and professionals in ecology, the book is a valuable resource for researchers and professionals, which can also be used as a classroom exercise for spatial imaging, testing virtual simulations and developing field-based research questions.

Forests and forestry. --- Climatic changes. --- Forestry. --- Climatology. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology. --- Environmental management. --- Plant genetics. --- Climate Sciences. --- Conservation Biology. --- Environmental Management. --- Plant Genetics.

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This compendium on conifer reproductive biology is intended as a text supplement for plant biology courses. Such a volume seems timely because knowledge of model flowering plants is expanding so fast that each new plant biology text has less written on conifers than the last. Conifer Reproductive Biology seems needed as a specialized botany reference for life science professionals, graduate students and advanced undergraduates. Its content was chosen for its relevance to those working in life sciences: ecology, evolution, genomics, environmental sciences, genetics, forestry, conservation and even immunology. Its content has also been shaped by a trend towards the integrative study of conifer reproduction. "The chapters that reflect the author's expertise are masterly and I learned much from them. Bringing together this information could not have been done by anybody else." Professor Philip Barry Tomlinson, Harvard Forest, Harvard University and National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kalaheo, HI, USA. "Conifer Reproductive Biology is a masterful compendium of the literature and a thoughtful diagnosis of what we know (and do not know) about how these fascinating, diverse, and ancient plants reproduce. I recommend it to any and all interested in plant life." Karl J. Niklas, The Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Plant Biology, Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

Evolution. Phylogeny --- General ecology and biosociology --- Plant physiology. Plant biophysics --- Botany --- Pedology --- Forestry --- systematische plantkunde --- ecologie --- Europees recht --- bossen --- bomen