Optimizing the management and sustainable
use of forest genetic resources in Europe

Publications

Project deliverables

For the complete list of project public deliverables with related documents, please visit the CORDIS website.
 

Scientific articles

Genetics to the rescue: managing forests sustainably in a changing world. Fady, B., Aravanopoulos, F., Benavides, R. et al. 2020. Tree Genetics & Genomes 16, 80.

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Functional relationships of wood anatomical traits in Norway spruce. Piermattei, A., von Arx, G., Avanzi, C., Fonti, P., Gärtner, H., Piotti, A., Urbinati, C., Vendramin, GG., Büntgen, U., Crivellaro. A. (2020). Frontiers in Plant Sciences 11:683.

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The legacy of climate variability over the last century on populations' phenotypic variation in tree height. Vizcaíno-Palomar N., Fady B., Alía R., Raffin A., Mutke S., Benito Garzón M., 2020. Science of The Total Environment 749, 141454.

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A multiscale approach to detect selection in non‐model tree species: widespread adaptation despite population decline in Taxus baccata L. Mayol, M., Riba, M., Cavers, S., Grivet, D., Vincenot, L., Cattonaro, F., Vendramin, G.G., González-Martínez, S.C. 2020. Evolutionary Applications, 13, 143-160.

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Managing forest genetic resources as a strategy to adapt forests to climate change: perceptions of European forest owners and managers. Vinceti, B., Manica, M., Lauridsen, N., Verkerk, P.J., Lindner, M., Fady, B. 2020. European Journal of Forest Research.

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The GenTree Dendroecological Collection, tree-ring and wood density data from seven tree species across Europe. Martínez-Sancho, E. et al. 2020. Scientific Data, 7, 1 (7 pp.).

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Intraspecific trait variability of trees is related to canopy species richness in European forests. Benavides, R., Valladares, F., Wirth, C., Müller, S., Scherer-Lorenzen, M. 2019. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, 36, 24-32. 

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Inferring phenotypic plasticity and population responses to climate across tree species ranges using forest inventory data. Fréjaville,T., Fady, B., Kremer, A., Ducousso, A., Benito Garzón, M. 2019. Global Ecology and Biogeography.

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The EuMedClim Database: Yearly Climate Data (1901–2014) of 1 km Resolution Grids for Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. Fréjaville,T., Benito Garzón, M. 2019., Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

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Evaluation of forest tree breeding strategies based on partial pedigree reconstruction through simulations: Pinus pinaster and Eucalyptus nitens as case studies. Bouffier, L., Klápště, J., Suontama, M., Dungey, H.S., Mullin, T. J. 2019. Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

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Range margin populations show high climate adaptation lags in European trees. Fréjaville, T., Vizcaíno‐Palomar, N., Fady, B., Kremer, A., Benito Garzón, M. 2019. Global Change Biology.

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Geographic variation of tree height of three pine species (Pinus nigra Arn., P. pinaster Aiton, and P. pinea L.) gathered from common gardens in Europe and North-Africa. Vizcaíno-Palomar, N., Garzón, M.B., Alia, R. et al. 2019. Annals of Forest Science.

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Most Southern Scots Pine Populations Are Locally Adapted to Drought for Tree Height Growth. Vizcaíno-Palomar, N., González-Muñoz, N., González-Martínez, S.C., Alía, R., Benito Garzón, M. 2019. Forests.

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The functional trait space of tree species is influenced by the species richness of the canopy and the type of forest. Benavides, R., Scherer‐Lorenzen, M., Valladares, F. 2019. Oikos.

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An efficient second-order cone programming approach for optimal selection in tree breeding. Yamashita, M., Mullin, T.J. & Safarina, S. 2018. Optimization Letters.

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Advances in ecological genomics in forest trees and applications to genetic resources conservation and breeding. Holliday, J., Aitken, S., Cooke, J., Fady, B., González-Martínez, S., Heuertz, M., Jaramillo-Correa, J., Lexer, C., Staton, M., Whetten, R., Plomion, C. 2016. Molecular Ecology.

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Magazines

Blogs

'The forest genetics campsite' - a blog and repository about forest genetics, genomics and ecological genetics (by Ivan Scotti, INRA)

Reports of stakeholder consultations