Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6541919 | Forest Ecology and Management | 2018 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
At the intraspecific level, eight species showed significant positive correlations between wood density and drought conditions of the provenance, two species showed the opposite trend and the remaining 15 species showed no correlation with the climatic conditions of the provenances. For the 10 species with wood density strongly linked to the climatic conditions of the provenance, such relationship reflects a strong genetic determinism and a theoretical fitness optimum. For the other 15 species, wood density does not seem to be the main selection target of drought. This information is critical in the frame of breeding programs for selecting provenances more adaptable to different climate change scenarios.
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Authors
Cristina Nabais, Jon Kehlet Hansen, Rakefet David-Schwartz, Marcin Klisz, Rosana López, Philippe Rozenberg,