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ReviewEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2016

Forest genetic monitoring: an overview of concepts and definitions.

Barbara Fussi, Marjana Westergren, Filippos Aravanopoulos, Roland Baier, Darius Kavaliauskas, Domen Finzgar, Paraskevi Alizoti, Gregor Bozic, Evangelia Avramidou, Monika Konnert and 1 more

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Review in Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Barbara FussiBavarian Office for Forest Seeding and Planting, Forstamtsplatz 1, 83317, Teisendorf, Germany. Barbara.Fussi@asp.bayern.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7104-3935
Marjana WestergrenSlovenian Forestry Institute, Vecna pot 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Filippos AravanopoulosAristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, 541 24, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Roland BaierBavarian Office for Forest Seeding and Planting, Forstamtsplatz 1, 83317, Teisendorf, Germany.
Darius KavaliauskasBavarian Office for Forest Seeding and Planting, Forstamtsplatz 1, 83317, Teisendorf, Germany.
Domen FinzgarSlovenian Forestry Institute, Vecna pot 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Paraskevi AlizotiAristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, 541 24, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Gregor BozicSlovenian Forestry Institute, Vecna pot 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Evangelia AvramidouAristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, 541 24, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Monika KonnertBavarian Office for Forest Seeding and Planting, Forstamtsplatz 1, 83317, Teisendorf, Germany.
Hojka KraigherSlovenian Forestry Institute, Vecna pot 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Safeguarding sustainability of forest ecosystems with their habitat variability and all their functions is of highest priority. Therefore, the long-term adaptability of forest ecosystems to a changing environment must be secured, e.g., through sustainable forest management. High adaptability is based on biological variation starting at the genetic level. Thus, the ultimate goal of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to halt the ongoing erosion of biological variation is of utmost importance for forest ecosystem functioning and sustainability. Monitoring of biological diversity over time is needed to detect changes that threaten these biological resources. Genetic variation, as an integral part of biological diversity, needs special attention, and its monitoring can ensure its effective conservation. We compare forest genetic monitoring to other biodiversity monitoring concepts. Forest genetic monitoring (FGM) enables early detection of potentially harmful changes of forest adaptability before these appear at higher biodiversity levels (e.g., species or ecosystem diversity) and can improve the sustainability of applied forest management practices and direct further research. Theoretical genetic monitoring concepts developed up to now need to be evaluated before being implemented on a national and international scale. This article provides an overview of FGM concepts and definitions, discusses their advantages and disadvantages, and provides a flow chart of the steps needed for the optimization and implementation of FGM. FGM is an important module of biodiversity monitoring, and we define an effective FGM scheme as consisting of an assessment of a forest population's capacity to survive, reproduce, and persist under rapid environmental changes on a long-term scale.

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BiodiversityForestsGenetic VariationConservation of Natural ResourcesEnvironmental MonitoringEuropePolicy MakingTreesFGMForest genetic resourcesGenetic diversityIndicatorsManagementVerifiers

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PMID27473107
PMCPMC4967086

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