Understanding local plant extinctions before it is too late: bridging evolutionary genomics with global ecology

M Exposito‐Alonso - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding evolutionary genomic and population processes within a species range is
key to anticipating the extinction of plant species before it is too late. However, most models …

The immediate costs and long‐term benefits of assisted gene flow in large populations

JA Grummer, TR Booker, R Matthey‐Doret… - Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the genetic health of many plant and animal populations deteriorating due to climate
change outpacing adaptation, interventions, such as assisted gene flow (AGF), may provide …

Adaptation across geographic ranges is consistent with strong selection in marginal climates and legacies of range expansion

M Bontrager, T Usui, JA Lee-Yaw, DN Anstett… - …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Every species experiences limits to its geographic distribution. Some evolutionary models
predict that populations at range edges are less well adapted to their local environments …

The WZA: A window‐based method for characterizing genotype–environment associations

TR Booker, S Yeaman, JR Whiting… - Molecular Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Genotype–environment association (GEA) studies have the potential to identify the genetic
basis of local adaptation in natural populations. Specifically, GEA approaches look for a …

[HTML][HTML] California's native trees and their use in the urban forest

CC Pawlak, NLR Love, JM Yost, GA Fricker… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
California's urban forest is composed of both native and non-native species. These trees
improve the quality of life of urban residents and mitigate the effects of climate change by …

The spatial scale of adaptation in a native annual plant and its implications for responses to climate change

AJ Gorton, JW Benning, P Tiffin, DA Moeller - Evolution, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Spatial patterns of adaptation provide important insights into agents of selection and
expected responses of populations to climate change. Robust inference into the spatial …

A transcontinental experiment elucidates (mal) adaptation of a cosmopolitan plant to climate in space and time

LJ Albano, CC Bastias, A Estarague, BT Hendrickson… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Climate change and the global spread of invasive species are two of the most significant
threats to biodiversity. Both of these phenomena subject populations to novel conditions …

Uncovering the evolution of elevational ecotypes in Alpine carnations

A Pålsson - 2023 - research-collection.ethz.ch
Divergent selection pressures imposed by contrasting environmental conditions at opposite
ends of environmental gradients can drive the evolution of populations that are adapted to …

The genetics of assisted gene flow: immediate costs and long-term benefits

JA Grummer, TR Booker, R Matthey-Doret… - BioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Plant and animal populations are facing several novel risks such as human-mediated
habitat fragmentation and climate change that threaten their long-term productivity and …

Temperature, phenology, and plant defenses predict fitness near colder range limit

DN Anstett - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The space for time substitution posits that warmer locations can provide a source of genetic
variation that could be adaptive for future climate change conditions. While this …