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Aluminum exclusion and aluminum tolerance in woody plants by Brunner, Ivano, Sperisen, Christoph

“…The aluminum (Al) cation Al(3) (+) is highly rhizotoxic and is a major stress factor to plants on acid soils, which cover large areas of tropical and boreal…”
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A candidate gene association analysis identifies SNPs potentially involved in drought tolerance in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) by Cuervo-Alarcon, Laura, Arend, Matthias, Müller, Markus, Sperisen, Christoph, Finkeldey, Reiner, Krutovsky, Konstantin V.

“…Studies of genetic variation underlying traits related to drought tolerance in forest trees are of great importance for understanding their adaptive potential…”
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Adaptation to local climate in multi-trait space: evidence from silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) populations across a heterogeneous environment by Csilléry, Katalin, Ovaskainen, Otso, Sperisen, Christoph, Buchmann, Nina, Widmer, Alex, Gugerli, Felix

“…Heterogeneous environments, such as mountainous landscapes, create spatially varying selection pressure that potentially affects several traits simultaneously…”
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Ectomycorrhizal ecology is imprinted in the genome of the dominant symbiotic fungus Cenococcum geophilum by Peter, Martina, Kohler, Annegret, Ohm, Robin A., Kuo, Alan, Krützmann, Jennifer, Morin, Emmanuelle, Arend, Matthias, Barry, Kerrie W., Binder, Manfred, Choi, Cindy, Clum, Alicia, Copeland, Alex, Grisel, Nadine, Haridas, Sajeet, Kipfer, Tabea, LaButti, Kurt, Lindquist, Erika, Lipzen, Anna, Maire, Renaud, Meier, Barbara, Mihaltcheva, Sirma, Molinier, Virginie, Murat, Claude, Pöggeler, Stefanie, Quandt, C. Alisha, Sperisen, Christoph, Tritt, Andrew, Tisserant, Emilie, Crous, Pedro W., Henrissat, Bernard, Nehls, Uwe, Egli, Simon, Spatafora, Joseph W., Grigoriev, Igor V., Martin, Francis M.

“…The most frequently encountered symbiont on tree roots is the ascomycete Cenococcum geophilum, the only mycorrhizal species within the largest fungal class…”
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extent and meaning of hybridization and introgression between Siberian spruce (Picea obovata) and Norway spruce (Picea abies): cryptic refugia as stepping stones to the west? by Tsuda, Yoshiaki, Jun Chen, Michael Stocks, Thomas Källman, Jørn Henrik SønstebÃ, Laura Parducci, Vladimir Semerikov, Christoph Sperisen, Dmitry Politov, Tiina Ronkainen, Minna Väliranta, Giovanni Giuseppe Vendramin, Mari Mette Tollefsrud, Martin Lascoux

“…Boreal species were repeatedly exposed to ice ages and went through cycles of contraction and expansion while sister species alternated periods of contact and…”
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Improved recovery of ancient DNA from subfossil wood – application to the world’s oldest Late Glacial pine forest by Lendvay, Bertalan, Hartmann, Martin, Brodbeck, Sabine, Nievergelt, Daniel, Reinig, Frederick, Zoller, Stefan, Parducci, Laura, Gugerli, Felix, Büntgen, Ulf, Sperisen, Christoph

“…Ancient DNA from historical and subfossil wood has a great potential to provide new insights into the history of tree populations. However, its extraction and…”
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Genome expansion and lineage-specific genetic innovations in the forest pathogenic fungi Armillaria by Sipos, György, Prasanna, Arun N., Walter, Mathias C., O’Connor, Eoin, Bálint, Balázs, Krizsán, Krisztina, Kiss, Brigitta, Hess, Jaqueline, Varga, Torda, Slot, Jason, Riley, Robert, Bóka, Bettina, Rigling, Daniel, Barry, Kerrie, Lee, Juna, Mihaltcheva, Sirma, LaButti, Kurt, Lipzen, Anna, Waldron, Rose, Moloney, Nicola M., Sperisen, Christoph, Kredics, László, Vágvölgyi, Csaba, Patrignani, Andrea, Fitzpatrick, David, Nagy, István, Doyle, Sean, Anderson, James B., Grigoriev, Igor V., Güldener, Ulrich, Münsterkötter, Martin, Nagy, László G.

“…Armillaria species are both devastating forest pathogens and some of the largest terrestrial organisms on Earth. They forage for hosts and achieve immense…”
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Genetic consequences of glacial survival and postglacial colonization in Norway spruce: combined analysis of mitochondrial DNA and fossil pollen by TOLLEFSRUD, MARI METTE, KISSLING, ROY, GUGERLI, FELIX, JOHNSEN, ØYSTEIN, SKRØPPA, TORE, CHEDDADI, RACHID, VAN DER KNAAP, W.O, LATAŁOWA, MAŁGORZATA, TERHÜRNE-BERSON, RUTH, LITT, THOMAS, GEBUREK, THOMAS, BROCHMANN, CHRISTIAN, SPERISEN, CHRISTOPH

“…Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) is a broadly distributed European conifer tree whose history has been intensively studied by means of fossil records to…”
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Micro- and macro-geographic scale effect on the molecular imprint of selection and adaptation in Norway spruce by Scalfi, Marta, Mosca, Elena, Di Pierro, Erica Adele, Troggio, Michela, Vendramin, Giovanni Giuseppe, Sperisen, Christoph, La Porta, Nicola, Neale, David B

“…Forest tree species of temperate and boreal regions have undergone a long history of demographic changes and evolutionary adaptations. The main objective of…”
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Identification of dominant bacterial phylotypes in a cadmium-treated forest soil by Lazzaro, Anna, Widmer, Franco, Sperisen, Christoph, Frey, Beat

“…The presence of heavy metals in soils can lead to changes in microbial community structure, characterized by the dominance of groups that are able to tolerate…”
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Transcriptome responses to aluminum stress in roots of aspen (Populus tremula) by Grisel, Nadine, Zoller, Stefan, Künzli-Gontarczyk, Marzanna, Lampart, Thomas, Münsterkötter, Martin, Brunner, Ivano, Bovet, Lucien, Métraux, Jean-Pierre, Sperisen, Christoph

“…Ionic aluminum (mainly Al3+) is rhizotoxic and can be present in acid soils at concentrations high enough to inhibit root growth. Many forest tree species grow…”
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Authenticated DNA from Ancient Wood Remains by LIEPELT, SASCHA, SPERISEN, CHRISTOPH, DEGUILLOUX, MARIE-FRANCE, PETIT, REMY J, KISSLING, ROY, SPENCER, MATTHEW, DE BEAULIEU, JACQUES-LOUIS, TABERLET, PIERRE, GIELLY, LUDOVIC, ZIEGENHAGEN, BIRGIT

“…BACKGROUND: The reconstruction of biological processes and human activities during the last glacial cycle relies mainly on data from biological remains. Highly…”
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Fungus-specific microsatellite primers of lichens: application for the assessment of genetic variation on different spatial scales in Lobaria pulmonaria by Walser, Jean-Claude, Sperisen, Christoph, Soliva, Marco, Scheidegger, Christoph

“…We isolated 12 microsatellite loci for the epiphytic lichen-forming ascomycete Lobaria pulmonaria and studied their patterns of variation within and among…”
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Author Correction: Genome expansion and lineage-specific genetic innovations in the forest pathogenic fungi Armillaria by Sipos, György, Prasanna, Arun N., Walter, Mathias C., O’Connor, Eoin, Bálint, Balázs, Krizsán, Krisztina, Kiss, Brigitta, Hess, Jaqueline, Varga, Torda, Slot, Jason, Riley, Robert, Bóka, Bettina, Rigling, Daniel, Barry, Kerrie, Lee, Juna, Mihaltcheva, Sirma, LaButti, Kurt, Lipzen, Anna, Waldron, Rose, Moloney, Nicola M., Sperisen, Christoph, Kredics, László, Vágvölgyi, Csaba, Patrignani, Andrea, Fitzpatrick, David, Nagy, István, Doyle, Sean, Anderson, James B., Grigoriev, Igor V., Güldener, Ulrich, Münsterkötter, Martin, Nagy, László G.

“…In the version of this Article originally published, it was incorrectly stated that “16,687 protein-coding genes were inferred for the most recent common…”
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How tree roots respond to drought by Brunner, Ivano, Herzog, Claude, Dawes, Melissa A, Arend, Matthias, Sperisen, Christoph

“…The ongoing climate change is characterized by increased temperatures and altered precipitation patterns. In addition, there has been an increase in both the…”
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The untapped potential of macrofossils in ancient plant DNA research by Schwörer, Christoph, Leunda, Maria, Alvarez, Nadir, Gugerli, Felix, Sperisen, Christoph

“…Summary The rapid development of ancient DNA analysis in the last decades has induced a paradigm shift in ecology and evolution. Driven by a combination of…”
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Signatures of local adaptation in candidate genes of oaks (Quercus spp.) with respect to present and future climatic conditions by Rellstab, Christian, Zoller, Stefan, Walthert, Lorenz, Lesur, Isabelle, Pluess, Andrea R., Graf, René, Bodénès, Catherine, Sperisen, Christoph, Kremer, Antoine, Gugerli, Felix

“…Testing how populations are locally adapted and predicting their response to their future environment is of key importance in view of climate change. Landscape…”
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Quantitative genetic differentiation and phenotypic plasticity of European beech in a heterogeneous landscape: Indications for past climate adaptation by Frank, Aline, Pluess, Andrea R., Howe, Glenn T., Sperisen, Christoph, Heiri, Caroline

“…⬢Larger population differentiation and trait-climate associations for phenology than growth.⬢Adaptive divergence in phenology and growth with respect to…”
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Tracing the origin of Oriental beech stands across Western Europe and reporting hybridization with European beech – Implications for assisted gene flow by Kurz, Mirjam, Kölz, Adrian, Gorges, Jonas, Pablo Carmona, Beatriz, Brang, Peter, Vitasse, Yann, Kohler, Martin, Rezzonico, Fabio, Smits, Theo H.M., Bauhus, Jürgen, Rudow, Andreas, Kim Hansen, Ole, Vatanparast, Mohammad, Sevik, Hakan, Zhelev, Petar, Gömöry, Dušan, Paule, Ladislav, Sperisen, Christoph, Csilléry, Katalin

“…•• We present a unique network of 11 Oriental beech planting sites across Western Europe.•• Plantings were established during the 20th century next to native…”
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A direct comparison of the radial growth response to drought of European and Oriental beech by Kohler, Martin, Gorges, Jonas, Andermahr, David, Kölz, Adrian, Leder, Bertram, Nagel, Ralf-Volker, Mettendorf, Bernhard, Le Thiec, Didier, Skiadaresis, Georgios, Kurz, Mirjam, Sperisen, Christoph, Seifert, Thomas, Csilléry, Katalin, Bauhus, Jürgen

“…Climate change-related extreme drought events already have a significant impact on the productivity and mortality of Central European forests. European beech…”
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