Adaptation of Forest Trees to Rapidly Changing Climate
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Adaptation of forest trees to climate change
There is an urgent need to determine the adaptive potential of forest trees given their importance in ecosystem functioning and the associated ecological and economic services they provide. Indeed, underestimating rapid adaptation could lead to unnecessary recommendations such as the use of non-native (and perhaps non-adapted) genetic material for reforestation. Overestimating adaptive potentia...
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عنوان ژورنال: Forests
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1999-4907
DOI: 10.3390/f11020123