Forest tree species adaptation to climate across biomes: Building on the legacy of ecological genetics to anticipate responses to climate change

L Leites, M Benito Garzón - Global Change Biology, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Intraspecific variation plays a critical role in extant and future forest responses to climate
change. Forest tree species with wide climatic niches rely on the intraspecific variation …

Impacts of anthropogenic climate change on tropical montane forests: an appraisal of the evidence

EO Mata‐Guel, MCK Soh, CW Butler… - Biological …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
In spite of their small global area and restricted distributions, tropical montane forests (TMFs)
are biodiversity hotspots and important ecosystem services providers, but are also highly …

Adaptive and plastic responses of Quercus petraea populations to climate across Europe

C Sáenz‐Romero, JB Lamy, A Ducousso… - Global change …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
How temperate forests will respond to climate change is uncertain; projections range from
severe decline to increased growth. We conducted field tests of sessile oak (Quercus …

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 …

Recent evidence of Mexican temperate forest decline and the need for ex situ conservation, assisted migration, and translocation of species ensembles as adaptive …

C Sáenz-Romero, E Mendoza-Maya… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020‏ - cdnsciencepub.com
Symptoms of forest decline, apparently due to climate change, have become evident in the
last 10 years on the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and northwestern temperate forest of …

Suitable climatic habitat changes for Mexican conifers along altitudinal gradients under climatic change scenarios

E Gómez‐Pineda, C Sáenz‐Romero… - Ecological …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
The high biodiversity of the Mexican montane forests is concentrated on the Trans‐Mexican
Volcanic Belt, where several Protected Natural Areas exist. Our study examines the …

Assisted migration of forest populations for adapting trees to climate change

C Sáenz-Romero, RA Lindig-Cisneros… - … ciencias forestales y …, 2016‏ - scielo.org.mx
We present evidence that climatic change is an ongoing process and that forest tree
populations are genetically differentiated for quantitative traits because of adaptation to …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Seeding resilient restoration: An indicator system for the analysis of tree seed systems

RJ Atkinson, E Thomas, F Roscioli, JP Cornelius… - Diversity, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Achieving multi-million-hectare commitments from countries around the world to restore
degraded lands in resilient and sustainable ways requires, among other things, huge …

Climate-based seed zones for Mexico: guiding reforestation under observed and projected climate change

D Castellanos-Acuña, KW Vance-Borland, JB St. Clair… - New forests, 2018‏ - Springer
Seed zones for forest tree species are a widely used tool in reforestation programs to ensure
that seedlings are well adapted to their planting environments. Here, we propose a climate …