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Adaptive genetic variation to drought in a widely distributed conifer suggests a potential for increasing forest resilience in a drying climate.
The New phytologist - 1 Jul 2020
Depardieu Claire, Girardin Martin P, Nadeau Simon, Lenz Patrick, Bousquet Jean, Isabel Nathalie
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Drought intensity and frequency are increasing under global warming, with soil water availability now being a major factor limiting tree growth in circumboreal forests. Still, the adaptive capacity of trees in the face of future climatic regimes remains poorly documented. Using 1481 annually resolved tree-ring series from 29-yr-old trees, we evaluated the drought sensitivity of 43 white spruce (Picea glauca...
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