Potential for evolutionary responses to climate change–evidence from tree populations

FJ Alberto, SN Aitken, R Alía… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Evolutionary responses are required for tree populations to be able to track climate change.
Results of 250 years of common garden experiments show that most forest trees have …

Considering evolutionary processes in adaptive forestry

F Lefèvre, T Boivin, A Bontemps, F Courbet… - Annals of Forest …, 2014 - Springer
Context Managing forests under climate change requires adaptation. The adaptive capacity
of forest tree populations is huge but not limitless. Integrating evolutionary considerations …

A synthesis of empirical plant dispersal kernels

JM Bullock, L Mallada González, R Tamme… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Dispersal is fundamental to ecological processes at all scales and levels of organization, but
progress is limited by a lack of information about the general shape and form of plant …

[BOOK][B] The mathematics behind biological invasions

MA Lewis, SV Petrovskii, JR Potts - 2016 - Springer
Biological invasions are increasingly commonplace, driven primarily by the accidental
human transport of exotic species via ship** or trade. The economic impacts can be …

Long-distance wind-dispersal of spores in a fungal plant pathogen: estimation of anisotropic dispersal kernels from an extensive field experiment

A Rieux, S Soubeyrand, F Bonnot, EK Klein… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Given its biological significance, determining the dispersal kernel (ie, the distribution of
dispersal distances) of spore-producing pathogens is essential. Here, we report two field …

[BOOK][B] Integrodifference equations in spatial ecology

F Lutscher - 2019 - Springer
Ecosystems are marvelous assemblages of individuals that grow, reproduce, interact with
one another, move about in space, and eventually die. Ecosystems also provide essential …

Plant fecundity and seed dispersal in spatially heterogeneous environments: models, mechanisms and estimation

FM Schurr, O Steinitz, R Nathan - Journal of Ecology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Plant fecundity and seed dispersal often depend on environmental variables
that vary in space. Hence, plant ecologists need to quantify spatial environmental effects on …

Wind pollination over mesoscale distances: an investigation with Scots pine

JJ Robledo‐Arnuncio - New Phytologist, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
There is a gap between the order of magnitude of maximum documented distances of
airborne tree pollen transport (up to 102–103 km) and effective wind pollination (up to 101 …

Modelling quantitative fungicide resistance and breakdown of resistant cultivars: designing integrated disease management strategies for Septoria of winter wheat

NP Taylor, NJ Cunniffe - PLOS Computational Biology, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Plant pathogens respond to selection pressures exerted by disease management strategies.
This can lead to fungicide resistance and/or the breakdown of disease-resistant cultivars …

Native bees mediate long-distance pollen dispersal in a shade coffee landscape mosaic

S Jha, CW Dick - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Coffee farms are often embedded within a mosaic of agriculture and forest fragments in the
world's most biologically diverse tropical regions. Although shade coffee farms can …