Genetic Response of Forest Systems to Changing Environmental Conditions

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages N1-N1
Stress responses in Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris L.). Cloning and characterisation of an ozone-inducible pinosylvin methyltransferase....Pages 1-9
Screening of Sitka Spruce genotypes for resistance to the White Pine Weevil in British Columbia....Pages 11-20
Genetic variation in two heavily polluted stands of Norway spruce ( Picea abies [L.] Karst.) as indicated by nuclear and organelle DNA markers....Pages 21-34
Effects of extreme SO 2 -air pollution in winter 1995/96 on vitality and growth of SO 2 -tolerant Norway spruce ( Picea abies [L.] KARST.) clones in the Ore mountains....Pages 35-49
Variation in adaptation and growth as indicated by provenance trial Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco....Pages 51-61
Influence of nursery environment and pollution on alders....Pages 63-73
Front Matter....Pages N3-N3
Small scale spatial genetic structure of six tropical tree species in French Guiana....Pages 75-92
Genetic variation in natural populations of Araucaria angustifolia (Bert.) O. Kuntze in Brazil....Pages 93-103
Microsatellite DNA markers and their usefulness in poplars, and conservation of microsatellite DNA loci in Salicaceae....Pages 105-115
PCR-RFLP analysis of introns of nuclear genes in Populus and Prunus ....Pages 117-127
Genetic types in white oak populations north of the Alps and in the Danube valley....Pages 129-138
Highly polymorphic uniparentally inherited DNA markers for spatial genetic analysis of silver fir ( Abies alba Mill.) populations....Pages 139-149
Levels of genetic differentiation in Pinus halepensis Mill. in Spain using quantitative traits, isozymes, RAPDs and cp-microsatellites....Pages 151-160
Geographical variation of gene diversity of Pinus pinaster Ait. in the Iberian Peninsula....Pages 161-171
Is autochthony an operational concept?....Pages 173-185
Front Matter....Pages 186-186
Molecular markers in sustainable management, conservation, and restoration of forest genetic resources....Pages 187-202
Sustainable treatment of resources: The genetic basis....Pages 203-222
Genetic diversity and differentiation of individual effective pollen clouds in trees....Pages 223-237
Microsatellite analysis of small anonymous seedlot samples from pedunculate oak ( Quercus robur ): a promising approach to monitor the number of different seed parents and pollen donors....Pages 239-250
Fructification and genetic structures of Fagus sylvatica mixed stands in upper regions of the Harz mountains....Pages 251-258
Front Matter....Pages 186-186
Dispersal of seed and effective pollen in small stands of European beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.)....Pages 259-269
Patterns of seed dispersal in a scattered forest tree species ( Sorbus torminalis ) based on multi-scale investigation of population genetic structure for chloroplast DNA....Pages 271-280
Gene flow and mating system in a seedling seed orchard and a natural stand of Pinus merkusii Jungh. et de Vriese in Indonesia....Pages 281-292
The pattern of genetic variation in Pinus nigra subspecies pallasiana natural populations from the Kazdaği and Bolkar mountains, Turkey: Implications for in situ gene conservation....Pages 293-305
Genetic variation of silver fir ( Abies alba ) in unevenaged forests (“Plenter” forest) in comparison with evenaged forests (Altersklassenwald)....Pages 307-320
Front Matter....Pages N5-N5
Multiple population breeding for uncertain climatic futures with Alnus rubra : ecological genetics and selection experiments....Pages 321-330
Early growth characteristics of some Abies hybrids....Pages 331-338
Field testing of model populations of Norway spruce ( Picea abies L. Karst .) with different genetic structures for reforestation in air polluted regions....Pages 339-352
Provenance-environment interactions of Norway spruce ( Picea abies [L.] Karst.) on German and Hungarian test sites....Pages 353-363
Back Matter....Pages 365-366