Desired REgeneration through Assisted Migration (DREAM): Implementing a research framework for climate-adaptive silviculture

AA Royo, P Raymond, CC Kern, BT Adams… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global change is resha** climatic conditions at a tempo that exceeds natural migration
rates for most tree species. As climate change amplifies the disparity between species' …

Ecological classification can help with assisted plant migration in forestry, nature conservation, and landscape planning

A Kusbach, P Dujka, J Šebesta, P Lukeš… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapidly changing environmental conditions, especially climate warming, are triggering tree
species migration. Some species are expanding their range, others are limited in their ability …

Challenges to the reforestation pipeline in the United States

J Fargione, DL Haase, OT Burney… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Large-scale global reforestation goals have been proposed to help mitigate climate change
and provide other ecosystem services. To explore reforestation potential in the United …

Experimental support for genomic prediction of climate maladaptation using the machine learning approach Gradient Forests

MC Fitzpatrick, VE Chhatre… - Molecular Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Gradient Forests (GF) is a machine learning algorithm that is gaining in popularity for
studying the environmental drivers of genomic variation and for incorporating genomic …

Operationalizing forest‐assisted migration in the context of climate change adaptation: Examples from the eastern USA

BJ Palik, PW Clark, AW D'Amato, C Swanston… - Ecosphere, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
There is increasing momentum to implement conservation and management approaches
that adapt forests to climate change so as to sustain ecosystem functions. These range from …

A genome-guided strategy for climate resilience in American chestnut restoration populations

AM Sandercock, JW Westbrook, Q Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
American chestnut (Castanea dentata) is a deciduous tree species of eastern North America
that was decimated by the introduction of the chestnut blight fungus (Cryphonectria …

GlobalUsefulNativeTrees, a database documenting 14,014 tree species, supports synergies between biodiversity recovery and local livelihoods in landscape …

R Kindt, L Graudal, JPB Lillesø, F Pedercini, P Smith… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Tree planting has the potential to improve the livelihoods of millions of people as well as to
support environmental services such as biodiversity conservation. Planting however needs …

A review of ungulate impacts on the success of climate-adapted Forest management strategies

E Champagne, P Raymond, AA Royo… - Current Forestry …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Climate change is modifying the dynamics of forests and
threatens the supply of ecosystem services from managed forests. In response, managers …

Restoring a keystone tree species for the future: American chestnut assisted migration plantings in an adaptive silviculture experiment

PW Clark, AJ Freeman, AW D'Amato… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Species ranges are forecast to change in response to warming temperatures and altered
precipitation patterns, yet tree migration rates fail to track the pace of climate change. In …

A practical framework for applied forestry assisted migration

AD Bower, KL Frerker, CC Pike, NR Labonte… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Recent and projected changes in climate over this century pose an unprecedented threat to
the health, diversity, and productivity of forest ecosystems. Forests have migrated and …