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Height-growth response to climatic changes differs among populations of Douglas-fir: A novel analysis of historic data

Projected climate change will affect existing forests, as substantial changes are predicted to occur during their life spans. Species that have ample intraspecific genetic differentiation, such as Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco), are expected to display population-specific growth responses to climate change. Using a mixed-effects modeling approach,...

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Author(s):

Laura P. Leites; Andrew P. Robinson; Gerald E. Rehfeldt; John D. Marshall; Nicholas L. Crookston

Year:

2012

Keywords:

climate change response functions, genotype by environment interaction, provenance tests, provenance transfer functions, Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca

Source:

Ecological Applications. 22(1): 154-165.

Height growth determinants in pines: A case study of Pinus contorta and Pinus monticola

In this study we aimed to compare and explain the height growth performance of two contrasting pine species: lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. ex. Loud) and western white pine (Pinus monticola Dougl. ex D. Don.). We compiled measurements of total height growth at different ages and shoot elongation phenology realized in several...

Author(s):

Isabelle Chuine; Gerald E. Rehfeldt; Sally N. Aitken

Year:

2006

Keywords:

lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta, western white pine, Pinus monticola, height growth, shoot elongation

Source:

Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 36: 1059-1066.

Possibilities and limitations of using historic provenance tests to infer forest species growth responses to climate change

Under projected changes in global climate, the growth and survival of existing forests will depend on their ability to adjust physiologically in response to environmental change. Quantifying their capacity to adjust and whether the response is species- or population-specific is important to guide forest management strategies. New analyses of historic provenance tests...

Author(s):

Laura P. Leites; Gerald E. Rehfeldt; Andrew P. Robinson; Nicholas L. Crookston; Barry Jaquish

Year:

2012

Keywords:

climate-change response functions, provenance tests, genotype by environment interaction, provenance transfer functions, Larix occidentalis Nutt, linear mixed-effects models

Source:

Natural Resource Modeling. 25(3): 409-433.

Growth, yield, and disease resistance of 7- to 12-year-old poplar clones in the north central United States.

Summarizes growth, yield, and disease resistance of 95 poplar clones at or near rotation age (culmination of mean annual increment). Plantations were established from 1986 to 1992 in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota. Clones DN164, DN177, DN154, NM2, NE264, DN170, and DN21 are recommended for further testing.

Author(s):

D.A. Netzer; D.N. Tolsted; M. E. Ostry; J. G. Isebrands; D.E. Riemenschneider; K.T. Ward

Year:

2002

Keywords:

Hybrid poplar, intensive culture, biomass yields, disease resistance, hybrid trials.

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-229. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 31 p.

Introduction of ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir to Argentina

Patterns of shoot elongation of 2-yr seedlings from native North American populations of ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir were compared to those of Argentine land races originating from unknown provenances. The comparisons were conducted in Moscow, Idaho (USA), and suggested that the ponderosa pine land race was descended from a California provenance at low or middle...

Author(s):

Gerald E. Rehfeldt; Leonardo A. Gallo

Year:

2001

Keywords:

afforestation, land races, provenance selection, reforestation, shoot elongation, tree introduction

Source:

New Forests. 21: 35-44.

Adaptive variation in Pinus ponderosa from Intermountain regions. II. Middle Columbia River system

Seedling populations were grown and compared in common environments. Statistical analyses detected genetic differences between populations for numerous traits reflecting growth potential and periodicity of shoot elongation. Multiple regression models described an adaptive landscape in which populations from low elevations have a high growth potential while those from...

Author(s):

Gerald Rehfeldt

Year:

1986

Keywords:

microevolution, genetic differentiation, seed zones, seed transfer

Source:

Res. Pap. INT-RP-373. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 9 p.

Field performance of Populus expressing somaclonal variation in resistance to Septoria musiva

Over 1500 trees from two hybrid poplar clones regenerated from tissue culture and expressing somatic variation in leaf disease resistance in a laboratory leaf disk bioassay were field-tested for 5-11 years to examine their resistance to Septoria leaf spot and canker and to assess their growth characteristics compared with the source clones....

Author(s):

M. E. Ostry; K. T. Ward

Year:

2003

Keywords:

Tissue culture, Intraclonal variation, Disease resistance, Tree improvement

Source:

Plant Science 164:1-8

Comparative genetic responses to climate in the varieties of Pinus ponderosa and Pseudotsuga menziesii: clines in growth potential

Height growth data were assembled from 10 Pinus ponderosa and 17 Pseudotsuga menziesii provenance tests. Data from the disparate studies were scaled according to climate similarities of the provenances to provide single datasets for 781 P. ponderosa and 1193 P. menziesii populations. Mixed effects models were used for two sub-specific varieties of each species to...

Author(s):

Gerald E. Rehfeldt; Laura P. Leites; J. Bradley St Clair; Barry C. Jaquish; Cuauhtemoc Saenz-Romero; Javier Lopez-Upton; Dennis G. Joyce

Year:

2014

Keywords:

genetic variation, climate-change impacts, genecology, mixed effects models, provenance tests

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 324: 138-146.

Addressing climate change in the forest vegetation simulator to assess impacts on landscape forest dynamics

To simulate stand-level impacts of climate change, predictors in the widely used Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) were adjusted to account for expected climate effects. This was accomplished by: (1) adding functions that link mortality and regeneration of species to climate variables expressing climatic suitability, (2) constructing a function linking site index to...

Author(s):

Nicholas L. Crookston; Gerald E. Rehfeldt; Gary E. Dixon; Aaron R. Weiskittel

Year:

2010

Keywords:

species-climate relationships, stand dynamics, species composition, genetic adaptation, general circulation model, climate change, carbon loads, site index, growth and yield

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 260: 1198-1211.

Addressing climate change in the Forest Vegetation Simulator to assess impacts on landscape forest dynamics

Author(s):

Nicholas L. Crookston; Gerald E. Rehfeldt; Gary E. Dixon; Aaron R. Weiskittel

Year:

2010

Keywords:

species climate relationships, stand dynamics, species composition, genetic adaptation, general circulation model, climate change, carbon loads, site index, growth and yield

Source:

In: Jain, Theresa B.; Graham, Russell T.; Sandquist, Jonathan. Integrated management of carbon sequestration and biomass utilization opportunities in a changing climate: Proceedings of the 2009 National Silviculture Workshop; 2009 June 15-18; Boise, ID. Proceedings RMRS-P-61. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 273.

Ecological adaptations in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca) populations: I. North Idaho and North-East Washington

Growth, phenology and frost tolerance of seedlings from 50 populations of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca) were compared in 12 environments. Statistical analyses of six variables (bud burst, bud set, 3-year height, spring and fall frost injuries, and deviation from regression of 3-year height on 2-year height) showed that populations not only differed in...

Author(s):

Gerald E. Rehfeldt

Year:

1979

Keywords:

Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii

Source:

Heredity. 43(3): 383-397.

Ecological adaptations in Douglas-fir populations. II. Western Montana

Populations of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca) from Montana west of the Continental Divide were compared in common environments. Differentiation was observed for six variables reflecting growth potential, phenology and cold hardiness. Adaptation of populations for numerous traits is viewed as a balance between selection of high growth potential in...

Author(s):

Gerald E. Rehfeldt

Year:

1982

Keywords:

Douglas-fir, ecological genetics, growth potential, cold hardiness, phenology, tree improvement

Source:

Res. Pap. INT-295. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 8 p.

Survival and growth of deep-planted, in-leaf grafts in a germplasm repository of canker-resistant butternut

Butternut (Juglans cinerea L.), highly valued for its timber and nuts, occurs as widely scattered trees or isolated stands throughout the Central Hardwood region (Rink 1990). The introduced fungus Sirococcus clavigignenti-juglandacearum has rapidly cankered, girdled, and killed most of the butternut trees; however, a few trees that...

Author(s):

J. W. Van Sambeek; Michael E. Ostry; James J. Zaczek

Year:

2003

Keywords:

Source:

In: Van Sambeek, J. W.; Dawson, Jeffery O.; Ponder Jr., Felix; Loewenstein, Edward F.; Fralish, James S., eds. Proceedings of the 13th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-234. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 476-479

FVS and global Warming: A prospectus for future development

Climate change-global warming and changes in precipitation-will cause changes in tree growth rates, mortality rates, the distribution of tree species, competition, and species interactions. An implicit assumption in FVS is that site quality will remain the same as it was during the time period observations used to calibrate the component models were made and that the...

Author(s):

Nicholas L. Crookston; Gerald E. Rehfeldt; Dennis E. Ferguson; Marcus Warwell

Year:

2008

Keywords:

forest management, forest planning, growth and yield, vegetation dynamics, habitat modeling, carbon inventory, prognosis model, landscape dynamics, fire, fuels, climate change, economics, forest health

Source:

In: Havis, Robert N.; Crookston, Nicholas L., comps. 2008. Third Forest Vegetation Simulator Conference; 2007 February 13–15; Fort Collins, CO. Proceedings RMRS-P-54. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 7-16

Using Forest Inventory and Analysis data to model plant-climate relationships

Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data from 11 Western conterminous States were used to (1) estimate and map the climatic profiles of tree species and (2) explore how to include climate variables in individual tree growth equations used in the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS). On the first front, we found the FIA data to be useful as training data in Breiman's...

Author(s):

Nicholas L. Crookston; Gerald E. Rehfeldt; Marcus V. Warwell

Year:

2007

Keywords:

Source:

In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; Reams, Gregory A.; Van Deusen, Paul C.; McWilliams, William H., eds. Proceedings of the seventh annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; October 3-6, 2005; Portland, ME. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-77. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 243-250.

Congruent climate-related genecological responses from molecular markers and quantitative traits for western white pine (Pinus monticola)

Analyses of molecular and quantitative genetic data demonstrate the existence of congruent climate-related patterns in western white pine (Pinus monticola). Two independent studies allowed comparisons of amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers with quantitative variation in adaptive traits. Principal component analyses...

Author(s):

Bryce A. Richardson; Gerald E. Rehfeldt; Mee-Sook Kim

Year:

2009

Keywords:

adaptive traits, AFLP, divergent selection, ecological genetics, genome scan

Source:

International Journal of Plant Sciences. 170(9): 1120-1131.

Ecological adaptations in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca) populations. III. Central Idaho

Rehfeldt, Gerald E. 1983. Ecological adaptations in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca) populations. III. Central Idaho. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 13: 626-632. Growth, phenology, and cold hardiness of seedlings from 74 populations of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco) from central Idaho were compared in four...

Author(s):

Gerald E. Rehfeldt

Year:

1983

Keywords:

genetic variation, ecological adaptations, Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii

Source:

Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 13: 626-632.

Long-term impact of shoot blight disease on red pine saplings

Damage from Sirococcus and Diplodia shoot blights of red pine is widespread and periodically severe in the Lake States. An outbreak of shoot blight occurred in red pine sapling plantations across northern Wisconsin, northern Minnesota, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in 1993. We established monitoring plots in red pine sapling...

Author(s):

Linda M. Haugen; Michael E. Ostry

Year:

2013

Keywords:

Pinus resinosa, plantations, Diplodia pinea, Sirococcus conigenus, multicohort stands

Source:

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 30(4): 170-174.

Comparative genetic responses to climate in the varieties of Pinus ponderosa and Pseudotsuga menziesii: reforestation

Impacts of climate change on the climatic niche of the sub-specific varieties of Pinus ponderosa and Pseudotsuga menziesii and on the adaptedness of their populations are considered from the viewpoint of reforestation. In using climate projections from an ensemble of 17 general circulation models targeting the decade surrounding 2060, our analyses suggest that a...

Author(s):

Gerald E. Rehfeldt; Barry C. Jaquish; Cuauhtemoc Saenz-Romero; Dennis G. Joyce; Laura P. Leites; J. Bradley St Clair; Javier Lopez-Upton

Year:

2014

Keywords:

management strategies, climate-change impacts, Douglas-fir, ponderosa pine, seed transfer guidelines

Source:

Forest Ecology and Management. 324: 147-157.

Finishes for Wood Decks

Wood decks have become an important part of residential construction. Wood decks can add versatile living space to a home and, with minimal maintenance, provide decades of use. However, wood decks are exposed to high levels of stress from severe weather conditions that shrink and swell the wood. Without proper maintenance, wood decks can develop problems such as checks...

Author(s):

Mark Knaebe

Year:

2013

Keywords:

decks, finishes, wood preservatives, preservative treated wood, water repellent finishes, stains

Source:

USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, FinishLine, 2013; 2 p.

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Height-growth response to climatic changes differs among populations of Douglas-fir: A novel analysis of historic data

Height growth determinants in pines: A case study of Pinus contorta and Pinus monticola

Possibilities and limitations of using historic provenance tests to infer forest species growth responses to climate change

Growth, yield, and disease resistance of 7- to 12-year-old poplar clones in the north central United States.

Introduction of ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir to Argentina

Adaptive variation in Pinus ponderosa from Intermountain regions. II. Middle Columbia River system

Field performance of Populus expressing somaclonal variation in resistance to Septoria musiva

Comparative genetic responses to climate in the varieties of Pinus ponderosa and Pseudotsuga menziesii: clines in growth potential

Addressing climate change in the forest vegetation simulator to assess impacts on landscape forest dynamics

Addressing climate change in the Forest Vegetation Simulator to assess impacts on landscape forest dynamics

Ecological adaptations in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca) populations: I. North Idaho and North-East Washington

Ecological adaptations in Douglas-fir populations. II. Western Montana

Survival and growth of deep-planted, in-leaf grafts in a germplasm repository of canker-resistant butternut

FVS and global Warming: A prospectus for future development

Using Forest Inventory and Analysis data to model plant-climate relationships

Congruent climate-related genecological responses from molecular markers and quantitative traits for western white pine (Pinus monticola)

Ecological adaptations in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca) populations. III. Central Idaho

Long-term impact of shoot blight disease on red pine saplings

Comparative genetic responses to climate in the varieties of Pinus ponderosa and Pseudotsuga menziesii: reforestation

Finishes for Wood Decks

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