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Welcome to the Alpine Forest Genomics Network!

Mission of the Network

The primary mission of the Alpine Forest Genomics Network (AForGeN) is to facilitate information exchange and collaboration among researchers interested in using landscape genomics approaches for studying adaptation in alpine forest ecosystems, with special attention to the effects of changing climate.

There are many active networks in forest tree genomics already, however this network seeks to bring together specifically researchers working in alpine forests, as these forests may be the most effected by changing climate.

AForGeN is an inclusive network and encourages membership from researchers throughout the world.

AForGeN is hosted by researchers at the Foundazione Edmund Mach in Trento, Italy.

We would like to announce that the opening workshop is scheduled for the 25-26 of June 2012 at the Rifugio Adamello Collini "al Bedole" in the Natural Park Adamello Brenta. See events for details.

Recent Papers

• Mosca,E., Eckert,A. J., Liechty,J. D., Wegrzyn, J. L., La Porta, N., Vendramin, G. G. and D. B. Neale. (2012). Contrasting patterns of nucleotide diversity for four conifers of Alpine European forests. Evolutionary Applications ISSN 1752-4571.
• Bernhardsson C., Ingvarsson P.K. (2011) Molecular Population Genetics of Elicitor-Induced Resistance Genes in European Aspen (Populus tremula L., Salicaceae). PLoS ONE 6(9): e24867. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024867
• Grivet D., Sebastiani F., Alía R., Bataillon T., Torre S., Zabal-Aguirre M., Vendramin G. G., and S. C. González-Martínez (2011). Molecular Footprints of Local Adaptation in Two Mediterranean Conifers. Mol Biol Evol 28(1): 101-116.
• Maloney P.E., Vogler D.R., Eckert A.J., Jensen C.E., Neale D.B. (2011) Population biology of sugar pine(Pinus lambertiana Dougl.) with reference to historical disturbances in the Lake Tahoe Basin: Implications for restoration. Forest Ecology & Management. 262:770-779.
• Neale D.B., Kremer A. (2011) Forest tree genomics: growing resources and applications. Nature Reviews Genetics. 12:111-122.
• Prunier J., Laroche J., Beaulieu J., Bousquet J. (2011) Scanning the genome for gene SNPs related to climate adaptation and estimating selection at the molecular level in boreal black spruce. Molecular Ecology 20, 1702-1716.
• Rocchini, D., Hortal, J., Lengyel, S., Lobo, J.M., Jiménez-Valverde, A., Ricotta, C., Bacaro, G., Chiarucci, A. (2011). Accounting for uncertainty when mapping species distributions: the need for maps of ignorance. Progress in Physical Geography, 35: 211-226.
• Savolainen O., Kujala S. T., Sokol C., Pyhäjärvi T., Avia K., Knürr T., Kärkkäinen K. and S. Hicks (2011). Adaptive potential of northernmost tree populations to climate change, with emphasis on Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) J Hered. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esr056.

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