Preparing for climate change: forestry and assisted migration

MI Williams, RK Dumroese - Journal of Forestry, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Although plants have moved across the landscape in response to changing climate for
millennia, projections of contemporary climate change suggest that forest tree species and …

Assisted migration field tests in Canada and Mexico: Lessons, limitations, and challenges

C Sáenz-Romero, G O'Neill, SN Aitken… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
Assisted migration of forest tree populations through reforestation and restoration is a
climate change adaptation strategy under consideration in many jurisdictions. Matching …

Placing forestry in the assisted migration debate

JH Pedlar, DW McKenney, I Aubin, T Beardmore… - …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Assisted migration (AM) is often presented as a strategy to save species that are imminently
threatened by rapid climate change. This conception of AM, which has generated …

Cold adaptation recorded in tree rings highlights risks associated with climate change and assisted migration

D Montwé, M Isaac-Renton, A Hamann… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
With lengthening growing seasons but increased temperature variability under climate
change, frost damage to plants may remain a risk and could be exacerbated by poleward …

Provenance trials in the service of forestry assisted migration: A review of North American field trials and experiments

A Park, JL Rodgers - Forest Ecology and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
As greenhouse gas emissions rise unabated and temperatures continue to rise, forest
managers have begun to consider assisted migration (AM) of trees as a strategy to adapt …

Assisted migration across fixed seed zones detects adaptation lags in two major North American tree species

JR Etterson, MW Cornett, MA White… - Ecological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Boreal forests are experiencing dramatic climate change, having warmed 1.0°–1.9° C over
the last century. Yet forest regeneration practices are often still dictated by a fixed seed zone …

Changing climates, changing forests: a western North American perspective

CJ Fettig, ML Reid, BJ Bentz, S Sevanto… - Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The Earth's mean surface air temperature has warmed by~ 1° C over the last 100 years and
is projected to increase at a faster rate in the future, accompanied by changes in …

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' …

Picturing local adaptation: Spectral and structural traits from drone remote sensing reveal clinal responses to climate transfer in common‐garden trials of interior …

S Grubinger, NC Coops, GA O'Neill - Global Change Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Common‐garden trials of forest trees provide phenotype data used to assess growth and
local adaptation; this information is foundational to tree breeding programs, genecology, and …

Intraspecific variation in climate response of Norway spruce in the eastern Alpine range: Selecting appropriate provenances for future climate

S Kapeller, MJ Lexer, T Geburek, J Hiebl… - Forest Ecology and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Enhancing adaptation of forest ecosystems to prospective climate change is a major
challenge in current forest management. Beyond potential negative effects of climate …