Finding common ground: Toward comparable indicators of adaptive capacity of tree species to a changing climate.

ABSTRACT: Adaptive capacity, one of the three determinants of vulnerability to climate change, is defined as the capacity of species to persist in their current location by coping with novel environmental conditions through acclimation and/or evolution. Although studies have identified indicators of adaptive capacity, few have assessed this capacity in a quantitative way that is comparable across tree species. Yet, such multispecies assessments are needed by forest management and conservation programs to refine vulnerability assessments and to guide the choice of adaptation measures. In this paper, we propose a framework to quantitatively evaluate five key components of tree adaptive capacity to climate change: individual adaptation through phenotypic plasticity, population phenotypic diversity as i

SUBMITTER: Royer-Tardif S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8495821 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature