Resilient forests for the future

Perry, Annika ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7889-7597; Aravanopoulos, Filippos A.; Budde, Katharina Birgit; Hansen, Ole Kim; Rellstab, Christian; Schroeder, Hilke; Curtu, Alexandru Lucian. 2024 Resilient forests for the future. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 20, 17. 8, pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-024-01651-z

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Abstract/Summary

Forest ecosystems are of global importance, ecologically, economically and culturally. However, despite their fundamental role in mitigating the worst effects of climate change, to date there have been surprisingly few resources devoted to defining, conserving and planning resilient forests for the future. Progress in this field of research, which requires international and interdisciplinary cooperation, collaboration and communication, was presented and discussed at the second biannual conference of the European Research Group, Evoltree (https://www.evoltree.eu). Over four days more than 140 scientists met to share developments and to discuss forest ecology, genetics, genomics and evolution with a focus on realising “Resilient Forests for the Future”. From examining evolutionary dynamics and using the past to understand future responses, to evaluating breeding approaches and the sustainable use of forest genetic resources, the conference addressed critical themes with relevance to this topic. The role of genomics in conservation, investigation of biotic interactions and identifying climate resilient forests were also explored. Finally, innovative methods and approaches which promise to increase the scale and speed with which forest evolutionary research can progress were introduced and evaluated. The Evoltree network and conference series provides invaluable opportunities to share knowledge and increase collaboration on forest genetic research, the need for which has never been greater or more urgent.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-024-01651-z
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Biodiversity (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	1614-2942
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
Additional Keywords:	genetic diversity, local adaptation, resilience, selection, forest genetics, phenotyping
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	03 Jun 2024 14:10 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/537510

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