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Within-Population Genetic Structure in Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Stands Characterized by Different Disturbance Histories: Does Forest Management Simplify Population Substructure?
The fine-scale assessment of both spatially and non-spatially distributed genetic variation is crucial to preserve forest genetic resources through appropriate forest management. Cryptic within-population genetic structure may be more common than previously thought in forest tree populations, which...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3764177/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24039930 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073391 |
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author | Piotti, Andrea Leonardi, Stefano Heuertz, Myriam Buiteveld, Joukje Geburek, Thomas Gerber, Sophie Kramer, Koen Vettori, Cristina Vendramin, Giovanni Giuseppe |
author_facet | Piotti, Andrea Leonardi, Stefano Heuertz, Myriam Buiteveld, Joukje Geburek, Thomas Gerber, Sophie Kramer, Koen Vettori, Cristina Vendramin, Giovanni Giuseppe |
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description | The fine-scale assessment of both spatially and non-spatially distributed genetic variation is crucial to preserve forest genetic resources through appropriate forest management. Cryptic within-population genetic structure may be more common than previously thought in forest tree populations, which has strong implications for the potential of forests to adapt to environmental change. The present study was aimed at comparing within-population genetic structure in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) plots experiencing different disturbance levels. Five plot pairs made up by disturbed and undisturbed plots having the same biogeographic history were sampled throughout Europe. Overall, 1298 individuals were analyzed using four highly polymorphic nuclear microsatellite markers (SSRs). Bayesian clustering within plots identified 3 to 11 genetic clusters (within-plot θ (ST) ranged from 0.025 to 0.124). The proportion of within-population genetic variation due to genetic substructuring (F (CluPlot) = 0.067) was higher than the differentiation among the 10 plots (F (PlotTot) = 0.045). Focusing on the comparison between managed and unmanaged plots, disturbance mostly explains differences in the complexity of within-population genetic structure, determining a reduction of the number of genetic clusters present in a standardized area. Our results show that: i) genetic substructuring needs to be investigated when studying the within-population genetic structure in forest tree populations, and ii) indices describing subtle characteristics of the within-population genetic structure are good candidates for providing early signals of the consequences of forest management, and of disturbance events in general. |
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spelling | pubmed-37641772013-09-13 Within-Population Genetic Structure in Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Stands Characterized by Different Disturbance Histories: Does Forest Management Simplify Population Substructure? Piotti, Andrea Leonardi, Stefano Heuertz, Myriam Buiteveld, Joukje Geburek, Thomas Gerber, Sophie Kramer, Koen Vettori, Cristina Vendramin, Giovanni Giuseppe PLoS One Research Article The fine-scale assessment of both spatially and non-spatially distributed genetic variation is crucial to preserve forest genetic resources through appropriate forest management. Cryptic within-population genetic structure may be more common than previously thought in forest tree populations, which has strong implications for the potential of forests to adapt to environmental change. The present study was aimed at comparing within-population genetic structure in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) plots experiencing different disturbance levels. Five plot pairs made up by disturbed and undisturbed plots having the same biogeographic history were sampled throughout Europe. Overall, 1298 individuals were analyzed using four highly polymorphic nuclear microsatellite markers (SSRs). Bayesian clustering within plots identified 3 to 11 genetic clusters (within-plot θ (ST) ranged from 0.025 to 0.124). The proportion of within-population genetic variation due to genetic substructuring (F (CluPlot) = 0.067) was higher than the differentiation among the 10 plots (F (PlotTot) = 0.045). Focusing on the comparison between managed and unmanaged plots, disturbance mostly explains differences in the complexity of within-population genetic structure, determining a reduction of the number of genetic clusters present in a standardized area. Our results show that: i) genetic substructuring needs to be investigated when studying the within-population genetic structure in forest tree populations, and ii) indices describing subtle characteristics of the within-population genetic structure are good candidates for providing early signals of the consequences of forest management, and of disturbance events in general. Public Library of Science 2013-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3764177/ /pubmed/24039930 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073391 Text en © 2013 Piotti et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Piotti, Andrea Leonardi, Stefano Heuertz, Myriam Buiteveld, Joukje Geburek, Thomas Gerber, Sophie Kramer, Koen Vettori, Cristina Vendramin, Giovanni Giuseppe Within-Population Genetic Structure in Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Stands Characterized by Different Disturbance Histories: Does Forest Management Simplify Population Substructure? |
title | Within-Population Genetic Structure in Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Stands Characterized by Different Disturbance Histories: Does Forest Management Simplify Population Substructure? |
title_full | Within-Population Genetic Structure in Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Stands Characterized by Different Disturbance Histories: Does Forest Management Simplify Population Substructure? |
title_fullStr | Within-Population Genetic Structure in Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Stands Characterized by Different Disturbance Histories: Does Forest Management Simplify Population Substructure? |
title_full_unstemmed | Within-Population Genetic Structure in Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Stands Characterized by Different Disturbance Histories: Does Forest Management Simplify Population Substructure? |
title_short | Within-Population Genetic Structure in Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Stands Characterized by Different Disturbance Histories: Does Forest Management Simplify Population Substructure? |
title_sort | within-population genetic structure in beech (fagus sylvatica l.) stands characterized by different disturbance histories: does forest management simplify population substructure? |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3764177/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24039930 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073391 |
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