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Assisted Gene Flow to Facilitate Local Adaptation to Climate Change by Aitken, Sally N., Whitlock, Michael C.

“…Assisted gene flow (AGF) between populations has the potential to mitigate maladaptation due to climate change. However, AGF may cause outbreeding depression…”
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Time to get moving: assisted gene flow of forest trees by Aitken, Sally N., Bemmels, Jordan B.

“…Geographic variation in trees has been investigated since the mid‐18th century. Similar patterns of clinal variation have been observed along latitudinal and…”
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Forest genomics: Advancing climate adaptation, forest health, productivity, and conservation by Isabel, Nathalie, Holliday, Jason A., Aitken, Sally N.

“…Forest ecosystems provide important ecological services and resources, from habitat for biodiversity to the production of environmentally friendly products,…”
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Integrating environmental and genetic effects to predict responses of tree populations to climate by Wang, Tongli, O'Neill, Gregory A, Aitken, Sally N

“…Climate is a major environmental factor affecting the phenotype of trees and is also a critical agent of natural selection that has molded among-population…”
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Convergent local adaptation to climate in distantly related conifers by Yeaman, Sam, Hodgins, Kathryn A., Lotterhos, Katie E., Suren, Haktan, Nadeau, Simon, Degner, Jon C., Nurkowski, Kristin A., Smets, Pia, Wang, Tongli, Gray, Laura K., Liepe, Katharina J., Hamann, Andreas, Holliday, Jason A., Whitlock, Michael C., Rieseberg, Loren H., Aitken, Sally N.

“…When confronted with an adaptive challenge, such as extreme temperature, closely related species frequently evolve similar phenotypes using the same genes…”
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Potential for evolutionary responses to climate change - evidence from tree populations by Alberto, Florian J., Aitken, Sally N., Alía, Ricardo, González-Martínez, Santiago C., Hänninen, Heikki, Kremer, Antoine, Lefèvre, François, Lenormand, Thomas, Yeaman, Sam, Whetten, Ross, Savolainen, Outi

“…Evolutionary responses are required for tree populations to be able to track climate change. Results of 250 years of common garden experiments show that most…”
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Long-distance pollen dispersal during recent colonization favors a rapid but partial recovery of genetic diversity in Picea sitchensis by Elleouet, Joane S., Aitken, Sally N.

“…Tree species in the northern hemisphere are currently subject to rapid anthropogenic climate change and are shifting their ranges in response. This prompts…”
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Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) assisted migration potential: testing establishment north of the species range by McLane, Sierra C, Aitken, Sally N

“…The translocation of species into habitable locations outside of their current ranges, termed assisted migration, has been proposed as a means of saving…”
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Adaptation, migration or extirpation: climate change outcomes for tree populations by Aitken, Sally N., Yeaman, Sam, Holliday, Jason A., Wang, Tongli, Curtis‐McLane, Sierra

“…Species distribution models predict a wholesale redistribution of trees in the next century, yet migratory responses necessary to spatially track climates far…”
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Projecting future distributions of ecosystem climate niches: Uncertainties and management applications by Wang, Tongli, Campbell, Elizabeth M., O’Neill, Gregory A., Aitken, Sally N.

“…► Refined the model with climate variables at different time scales and a sampling strategy. ► Selected 20 climate change scenarios in the context of GCMs, GHG…”
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Evaluating genomic data for management of local adaptation in a changing climate: A lodgepole pine case study by Mahony, Colin R., MacLachlan, Ian R., Lind, Brandon M., Yoder, Jeremy B., Wang, Tongli, Aitken, Sally N.

“…We evaluate genomic data, relative to phenotypic and climatic data, as a basis for assisted gene flow and genetic conservation. Using a seedling common garden…”
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Genomic and phenotypic architecture of a spruce hybrid zone (Picea sitchensis × P. glauca) by Hamilton, Jill A., Lexer, Christian, Aitken, Sally N.

“…Interspecific hybridization may enhance the capacity of populations to adapt to changing environments, and has practical implications for reforestation. We use…”
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Adaptation and exogenous selection in a Picea glauca × Picea engelmannii hybrid zone: implications for forest management under climate change by De La Torre, Amanda R., Wang, Tongli, Jaquish, Barry, Aitken, Sally N.

“…The nature of selection responsible for the maintenance of the economically and ecologically important Picea glauca × Picea engelmannii hybrid zone was…”
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Advances in ecological genomics in forest trees and applications to genetic resources conservation and breeding by Holliday, Jason A., Aitken, Sally N., Cooke, Janice E. K., Fady, Bruno, González‐Martínez, Santiago C., Heuertz, Myriam, Jaramillo‐Correa, Juan‐Pablo, Lexer, Christian, Staton, Margaret, Whetten, Ross W., Plomion, Christophe

“…Forest trees are an unparalleled group of organisms in their combined ecological, economic and societal importance. With widespread distributions,…”
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Planting long‐lived trees in a warming climate: Theory shows the importance of stage‐dependent climatic tolerance by Erlichman, Adèle, Sandell, Linnea, Otto, Sarah P., Aitken, Sally N., Ronce, Ophélie

“…Climate change poses a particular threat to long‐lived trees, which may not adapt or migrate fast enough to keep up with rising temperatures. Assisted gene…”
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Putting the landscape into the genomics of trees: approaches for understanding local adaptation and population responses to changing climate by Sork, V. L, Aitken, S. N, Dyer, R. J, Eckert, A. J, Legendre, P, Neale, D. B

“…The Forest ecosystem genomics Research: supporTing Transatlantic Cooperation project (FoResTTraC, http://www.foresttrac.eu/ ) sponsored a workshop in August…”
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Development of scale‐free climate data for Western Canada for use in resource management by Wang, T., Hamann, A., Spittlehouse, D. L., Aitken, S. N.

“…Applying climate data in resource management requires matching the spatial scale of the climate and resource databases. Interpolating climate data in…”
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Local adaptation at the range peripheries of Sitka spruce by MIMURA, M, AITKEN, S.N

“…High-dispersal rates in heterogeneous environments and historical rapid range expansion can hamper local adaptation; however, we often see clinal variation in…”
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Comparative Gene Expression Analysis Reveals Mechanism of Pinus contorta Response to the Fungal Pathogen Dothistroma septosporum by Lu, Mengmeng, Feau, Nicolas, Vidakovic, Dragana Obreht, Ukrainetz, Nicholas, Wong, Barbara, Aitken, Sally N, Hamelin, Richard C, Yeaman, Sam

“…Many conifers have distributions that span wide ranges in both biotic and abiotic conditions, but the basis of response to biotic stress has received much less…”
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A pilot study to determine the feasibility of enhancing cognitive abilities in children with sensory processing dysfunction by Anguera, Joaquin A, Brandes-Aitken, Anne N, Antovich, Ashley D, Rolle, Camarin E, Desai, Shivani S, Marco, Elysa J

“…Children with Sensory Processing Dysfunction (SPD) experience incoming information in atypical, distracting ways. Qualitative challenges with attention have…”
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