Small-scale genetic structure and mating patterns in an extensive sessile oak forest (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.).

ABSTRACT: Oaks (Quercus) are major components of temperate forest ecosystems in the Northern Hemisphere where they form intermediate or climax communities. Sessile oak (Quercus petraea) forests represent the climax vegetation in eastern Germany and western Poland. Here, sessile oak forms pure stands or occurs intermixed with Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris). A large body of research is available on gene flow, reproduction dynamics, and genetic structure in fragmented landscapes and mixed populations. At the same time, our knowledge regarding large, contiguous, and monospecific populations is considerably less well developed. Our study is an attempt to further develop our understanding of the reproduction ecology of sessile oak as an ecologically and economically important forest tr

SUBMITTER: Eusemann P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8216985 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature