Prioritizing Conservation of Trailing-Edge Populations for Future Climate-Resilient Forests.

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Trailing edge tree populations, located at the warm or dry margins of species' ranges, often harbor unique genetic adaptations to marginal environments. These populations face heightened risks from climate change, potentially threatening the persistence of valuable adaptive traits. Here we identify trailing-edge populations for the 100 most common North American tree species using spatially explicit climate and...

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