RT Journal Article
T1 Non-Native Forest Tree Species in Europe: The Question of Seed Origin in Afforestation
A1 Alizoti, Paraskevi
A1 Fernández Martínez, Manuel
A1 Tsvetkov, Ivaylo
AB Non-native forest tree species have been introduced in Europe since the 16th century,but only in the second half of the 20th century the significance of the seed source origin for theireconomic use was recognized, resulting in the establishment of numerous provenance trials at anational, regional, European and International level, as those led by IUFRO. Breeding programshave also been launched in the continent for the most economically important species. Aim ofthis work is the formulation of provenance recommendations for planting of five non-native treespecies in Europe (Douglas fir, grand fir, Sitka spruce, lodgepole pine and black locust), based on theinformation obtained from twenty countries, in the frame of the EU FP-1403 NNEXT Cost Action.The survey revealed that official and non-official national recommendations, based on provenanceresearch results, have been elaborated and followed at a different level and extend for the abovefive species, but only for Douglas fir recommendations exist in almost all the participating to thesurvey countries. The compilation of provenance recommendations across Europe for each species ispresented in the current work. Besides the recommended introduced seed sources, European seedsources are also preferred for planting, due to ease of access and high availability of forest reproductivematerial. European breeding programs yielding genetic material of high productivity and qualityconstitute currently the seed source of choice for several species and countries. Consolidation of trialdata obtained across countries will allow the joint analysis that is urgently needed to draw solidconclusions, and will facilitate the development of ‘Universal-Response-Functions’ for the speciesof interest, rendering possible the identification of the genetic material suitable for global change.New provenance trial series that will test seed sources from the entire climatic range of the species,established in sites falling within and outside the environmental envelopes of their natural ranges,are urgently needed to pinpoint and understand the species-specific climate constraints, as well as tocorrelate functional traits to the seed origin and the environmental conditions of the test sites, so thatthe selection of suitable forest reproductive material of non-native tree species in the face of climatechange can be feasible
PB MDPI
SN 1999-4907 (electrónico)
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20706
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20706
LA eng
NO Alizoti, P., Bastien, J.-C., Chakraborty, D., Klisz, M. M., Kroon, J., Neophytou, C., Schueler, S., Loo, M. van, Westergren, M., Konnert, M., Andonovski, V., Andreassen, K., Brang, P., Brus, R., Cvjetković, B., Đodan, M., Fernández, M., Frýdl, J., Karlsson, B., … Tsvetkov, I. (2022). Non-Native Forest Tree Species in Europe: The Question of Seed Origin in Afforestation. In Forests (Vol. 13, Issue 2, p. 273). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13020273
NO This paper is an output from the European COST Action FP1403 ‘Non-nativetree species for European forests—experiences, risks and opportunities’ (NNEXT), and specificallythe Working group “Pathways”, in which all authors participated and contributed information in therelevant questionnaire
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 15 jun 2026