Table Of ContentFOREST GENETICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
FORESTRY SCIENCES
Volume 63
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Forest Genetics and
Sustainability
Edited by
CSABA MATYAS
Institute ofE nvironmental Sciences,
University ofS opr on,
Sopron, Hungary
Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V.
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DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-1576-8
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Contents
CONTRffiUTORS ............................................................................................ ix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................... xiii
1. INTRODUCTION
Forest genetics and tree improvement research in IUFRO ................................. 1
Jeffery Burley
Lessons from hundred years of international research in forest genetics
and breeding ........................................................................................................... 3
Csaba Matyas
2. SITUATION AND CHALLENGES FOR FOREST GENETICS AND
BREEDING
Situation of forest genetics: research and extension .......................................... 9
Eric Teissier du Cros
Tree genomes: what will we understand about them by the year 2020 and
how might we use that knowledge? .................................................................... 23
Ronald R. Sederoff
Genetic markers in forest genetics -the tunnel remains dark ........................... 31
Alfred E. Szmidt and Xiao-Ru Wang
3. ADAPTIVE POTENTIAL OF POPULATIONS
Patterns of adaptive genetic variation in forest tree species; the
reproductive enviroment as an evolutionary force in Picea abies ............. 49
Tore Skrf/Jppa and @ystein Johnsen
Population differentiation for adaptive traits and their underlying loci
in forest trees: theoretical predictions and experimental results ................. 59
Antoine Kremer, Valerie Le Corre and Stephanie Mariette
Genetic structures as indicators for adaptation and adaptational
potentials ............................................................................................................... 75
Martin Ziehe, Hans H. Hattemer, Rommy Miiller-Starck and Gerhard
Miiller-Starck
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Assessment of population history and adaptive potential by means
of gene markers .................................................................................................... 91
Reiner Finkeldey and Gabor Matyas
Adaptability of relic populations: a case study in Pinus leucodermis Ant .... 10 5
Gabriele Bucci and Giovanni G. Vendramin
4. GF.NEIICimiOURCESANDCHANGING ENVIRONMENI'
Genetic implications for forest trees of increasing levels of greenhouse
gases and UV-B radiation .................................................................................. 111
David F.Karnosky, Kevin E. Percy, Blanka Mankovska, Richard E.
Dickson, Judson G. Isebrands and Gopi K. Podila
Sexual reproduction response of boreal trees to a changing environment.. ... 125
V eikko Koski
5. SUSTAINED MANAGEMENT OF GENETIC RESOURCES-THE
IMPACT OF FORESTRY
Conserving genetic diversity offorest trees in managed landscapes .............. 131
TimothyJ.B. Boyle
Plantations vs. naturally regenerated forests: Risks and stability in
using bred, cloned, or biotech products ............................................................. 147
Gene Namkoong
Impacts of industrial forestry on genetic diversity of temperate forest trees .. 155
Yousry A. El-Kassaby
Impact of logging on genetic diversity in humid tropical forests .................... 171
Wickneswari Ratnam, Chai T. Lee, Norwati Muhammad and
Timothy]. B. Boyle
Genetic impacts of different silvicultural practices in native eucalypt
forests .................................................................................................................. 183
Jeffrey C. Glaubitz, Jimena Strk and Gavin F. Moran
Influences on the international exchange of forest genetic resources -An
Australian perspective ........................................................................................ 197
Stephen Midgley and Doug Boland
6. CONSERVATION OFFORFSf GENEI1CRESOURCES
Genetic conservation strategies: Who needs data? .......................................... 211
Gene Namkoong
The need for an international framework for the conservation and
sustainable utilization of forest genetic resources ............................................ 217
Pierre Sigaud
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7. GENETICS AND TREE IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH: PROBLEMS
AND PROSPECTS
Problems and prospects for forest tree improvement research in the United
States ................................................................................................................... 223
Scott E. Schlarbaum
Conservation and management of genetic resources of commercial forests
in New Zealand: Challenges of institutional changes and new technology ... 235
Rowland D. Burdon and Michael J. Carson
Cooperation with private woodland owners in funding and
establishing programs and priorities for tree breeding research ...................... 247
Yves Lesgourgues
Research advances in forest tree genetics and breeding in China ................... 253
Jusheng Hong
International cooperation in forest genetics research in Southeast Asia: is it
working and how can it be improved ?. ............................................................ 267
Boonchoob Boontawee
Cooperation as a support to promote forest genetics research in
developing countries of Latin America ............................................................ 275
Rodolfo Salazar
8. CONTRIBUTION OF GENETICS TO THE SUSTAINED MANAGEMENT OF
GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCES
Conclusions and recommendations of the 4th International Consultation on
Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, held in Beijing, China, August 22-28,
1998 organized by IUFRO in cooperation with FAO .................................. 281
Eric Teissier du Cros, Csaba Matyas and Howard Kriebel
Contributors
Co-authors of chapters, if sharing the same employer, are listed under the main author's
name.
Boonchoob BOON TA WEE Technical Forest Research Office, Royal Forest
Department, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
Timothy J.B. BOYLE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
DC1-2364, One, UN Plaza, New YorkNY10017
Gabriele BUCCI, Istituto Miglioramento Genetico Piante Forestali,
Giovanni G. VENDRAMIN National Research Council, Institute of Forest Tree
Breeeding, ViaAtto Vannucci 13, 50134F~renze, Italy
Rowland D. BURDON, New Zealand Forest Research Institute Ltd.,
Michael J. CARSON Private Bag 3020,Rotorua, New Zealand
Jeffery BURLEY Oxford Forestry Institute, Department of Plant
Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Rd.,
Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom
Richard E. DICKSON, U.S. Forest Selvice, North Central Forest Experiment
Judson G. ISEBRANDS Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, 5985 Highway
K, Rhinelander, Wisconsin 54501 USA
Yousry A. EL-KASSABY Department of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Forestry,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
Canada V6T 1Z4
Reiner FINKELDEY, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and
Gabor MATYAS Landscape Research, Ziircherstr. 111 CH-8903
Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Jeffrey C. GLAUBITZ, Molecular Genetics Group, CSIRO Forestry and
Jimena STRK, Forest Products, P.O. Box E4008, Kingston,
Gavin F. MORAN ACT 2604, Australia
Jusheng HONG Chinese Academy of Forestry, Wan Shou Shan,
Beijing 100091, China
David F. KARNOSKY Michigan Technological University, School of
Forestry and Wood Products, 101 U.J. Noblet
Forestry Building, 1400 Townsend Drive,
Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295 USA
Veikko KOSKI Fmnish Forest Research Institute, V antaa Research
Centre, P.O. Box. 18, FIN-01301 Vantaa, Finland
Antoine KREMER, INRA Laboratory of Genetics and Breeding of
Valerie LE CORRE, Forest Trees, B.P. 45 33611 Gazinet, Cedex
Stephanie MARIETTE France
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Howard B. KRIEBEL Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University, 625
Medford Leas, Medford NJ 08055-2258, USA
ChaiT. LEE, Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, 52109
Norwati MUHAMMAD Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Yves LESGOURGUES Center of Forest Productivity of Aquitaine, Bordeaux,
France
Blanka MANKOVSKA Forest Research Institute, T.G. Masarykova Street
2195,960 92 Zvolen, Slovakia
Csaba MATYAs Institute of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of
Forestry, University of Sopron, P.O. Box. 132,
H-9401 Sopron, Hungary
Stephen MIDGLEY, Tree Improvement and Genetic Resources Program,
Doug BOLAND CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, P.O. Box
E4008, Kingston, ACT 2604, Australia
Gerhard MULLER-STARCK Chair of Forest Genetics, Faculty of Forestry,
University of Miinchen, Am Hochanger 13, D-
85354 Freising, Germany
Gene NAMKOONG Department of Forest Sciences, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada V6T 124
Kevin E. PERCY Canadian Forest Service, Atlantic Forestry Centre,
P.O. Box 4000, Fredericton, New Brunswick,
Canada E3B 5P7
Gopi K. PODILA Michigan Technological University, Biological
Sciences Department, 1400 Townsend Drive,
Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295 USA
Wickneswari RATNAM Department of Genetics, Faculty of Life Sciences,
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM
Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Rodolfo SALAZAR Research and Education Center of Tropical
Agriculture (CA TIE), Turrialba, Costa Rica
Scott E. SCHLARBAUM Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee,
USA 37901-1071
Ronald R. SEDEROFF Forest Biotechnology Group, Department of
Forestry, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, NC 27695-8008, USA
Pierre SIGAUD Forest Resources Development Service, Forest
Resources Division, Forestry Department, FAO,
Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy
