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Population Genetics in Forestry

Proceedings of the Meeting of the IUFRO Working Party “Ecological and Population Genetics” held in Göttingen, August 21–24, 1984

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. Hans-Rolf Gregorius

    1. Abteilung Forstgenetik und Forstpflanzenzüchtung, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics (LNBM, volume 60)

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Table of contents (19 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N2-VI
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  2. Tree Breeding

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Population Genetic Basis of Breeding Theory

      • Gene Namkoong
      Pages 2-15

    3. Hybridisation and Cytogenetics of European Birches

      • I. R. Brown, D. A. Williams
      Pages 16-29

  3. Mating Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. Mating System Estimation in Forest Trees: Models, Methods and Meanings

      • A. H. D. Brown, S. C. H. Barrett, G. F. Moran
      Pages 32-49

    3. Understanding the Genetic Structure of Plant Populations: Some Old Problems and a New Approach

      • J. L. Hamrick, Andrew Schnabel
      Pages 50-70

    4. Inbreeding and Selection in Natural Populations

      • Philip W. Hedrick
      Pages 71-91

    5. Polymorphic Equilibria Under Inbreeding Effects and Selection on Components of Reproduction

      • Martin Ziehe
      Pages 92-106

    6. Mating System Dynamics in a Scots Pine Seed Orchard

      • W. M. Cheliak
      Pages 107-117

    7. Reproductive Success of Genotypes of Pinus Sylvestris L. in Different Environments

      • G. Müller-Starck
      Pages 118-133

    8. Multilocus analysis of external pollen contamination of a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) seed orchard

      • Kazutosi Nagasaka, Alfred E. Szmidt
      Pages 134-138

    9. Gene Dispersion and Selfing Frequency in a Seed-Tree Stand of Pinus Sylvestris (L.)

      • R. Yazdani, D. Lindgren, D. Rudin
      Pages 139-154

    10. Genetic Constraints on the Evolution of Plant Reproductive Systems

      • Brian Charlesworth
      Pages 155-179

    11. Evolution of Outbreeding Systems

      • M. D. Ross
      Pages 180-197

  4. Genetic Differentiation within and between Populations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
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    2. The Effects of Forest Management on the Genetic Variability of Plant Species in the Herb Layer

      • W. H. O. Ernst
      Pages 200-211

    3. Studies on Breeding Structure in Two Tropical Tree Species

      • Kan-Ichi Sakai
      Pages 212-225

    4. A Multilocus Study of Natural Populations of Pinus sylvestris

      • Outi Muona, A. E. Szmidt
      Pages 226-240

    5. Genetic Effects of Scots Pine (Pinus Sylvestris L.) Domestication

      • Alfred E. Szmidt, Outi Muona
      Pages 241-252
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About this book

When we consider the main object of forestry, the tree, it immediately becomes clear why experimental population geneticists have been so hesitant in making this object a primary concern of their research. Trees are very long-living organisms with generation intervals frequently exceeding those of their investigators by multiples. They virtually exclude, therefore, application of the classical methods of population genetics since these are based on observing genetic structures over generations. This situation, where the limits set to observation are so severe, particularly requires close cooperation between theory and experiment. It also requires careful consideration of results obtained for organisms other than trees, in order to gain additional insights by comparing the results for trees with those for other organisms. Yet, the greatest challenge to population and ecological genetics probably originates from the fact that forests are very likely to be the most complex ecosystems of all, even in some cases where they are subject to intense management. This complexity, which equally comprises biotic and abiotic factors varying both in time and space, makes extremely high demands on the adaptational capacity and thus flexibility of the carriers of such an ecosystem. Longevity combined with immobility during the vegetative phase, however, appears to contradict the obvious necessity of adaptational flexibility in forest tree populations when compared with short lived and/or mobile organisms.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Abteilung Forstgenetik und Forstpflanzenzüchtung, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany

    Hans-Rolf Gregorius

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Population Genetics in Forestry

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Meeting of the IUFRO Working Party “Ecological and Population Genetics” held in Göttingen, August 21–24, 1984

  • Editors: Hans-Rolf Gregorius

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-48125-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-15980-3Published: 01 October 1985

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-48125-3Published: 13 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0341-633X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-9981

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 292

  • Topics: Forestry, Applications of Mathematics, Algebra, Mathematical and Computational Biology

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