A compilation of North American tree provenance trials and relevant historical climate data for seven species.

ABSTRACT: Tree provenance trials consist of a variety of seed sources (or provenances) planted at several test sites across the range of a species. The resulting plantations are typically measured periodically to investigate provenance performance in relation to abiotic conditions, particularly climate. These trials are expensive and time consuming to establish, but are an important resource for seed transfer systems, which aim to match planting sites with well-adapted (climatically suitable) seed sources. Provenance trial measurements may be underutilized because the data are scattered across publications, conference proceedings, and university theses. Here we document an effort to collect available provenance trial measurements and associated climate data for seven eastern North American tree spec

SUBMITTER: Risk C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7838313 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature