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Using Landscape Genomics to Define Species Distributions, Delineate Seed Zones, and Predict Genomic Offset to Future Climate for the Interior Spruce Hybrid Complex (Picea glauca, Picea engelmannii, and Their Hybrids).
Global change biology - 1 May 2026
Ye Zhengyang, Aitken Sally N, Rieseberg Loren H, Wang Tongli
Abstract excerpt
Understanding how tree species adapt to climate is crucial for forest management under climate change. This study employs landscape genomics to investigate climate adaptation in the interior spruce complex (Picea glauca, P. engelmannii, and their hybrids) across western Canada. Using Gradient Forest modeling with 41,253 SNPs genotyped in 1684 natural interior spruce individuals from 252 populations, we found that...
Topics
- Picea
- Climate Change
- Genomics
- Genome, Plant
- Seeds
- British Columbia
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Hybridization, Genetic
- Genetic Variation
- Canada