What’s the meaning of local? Using molecular markers to define seed transfer zones for ecological restoration in Norway
According to the Norwegian Diversity Act, practitioners of restoration in Norway are instructed to use seed mixtures of local provenance. However, there are no guidelines for how local seed should be selected. In this study, we use genetic variation in a set of alpine species (Agrostis mertensii, Av...
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ftnibiocom:oai:brage.bibsys.no:11250/2430603 2023-05-15T15:53:18+02:00 What’s the meaning of local? Using molecular markers to define seed transfer zones for ecological restoration in Norway Jørgensen, Marte Holten Elameen, Abdelhameed Hofman, Nadine Klemsdal, Sonja Malaval, Sandra Fjellheim, Siri 2016 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2430603 https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12378 eng eng 2016 The Authors. Evolutionary Applications published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the CreativeCommons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providedthe original work is pr operly cited. CC-BY Journal article 2016 ftnibiocom https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12378 2018-08-13T13:08:58Z According to the Norwegian Diversity Act, practitioners of restoration in Norway are instructed to use seed mixtures of local provenance. However, there are no guidelines for how local seed should be selected. In this study, we use genetic variation in a set of alpine species (Agrostis mertensii, Avenella flexuosa, Carex bigelowii, Festuca ovina, Poa alpina and Scorzoneroides autumnalis) to define seed transfer zones to reduce confusion about the definition of ‘local seeds’. The species selected for the study are common in all parts of Norway and suitable for commercial seed production. The sampling covered the entire alpine region (7–20 populations per species, 3–15 individuals per population). We characterised genetic diversity using amplified fragment length polymorphisms. We identified different spatial genetic diversity structures in the species, most likely related to differences in reproductive strategies, phylogeographic factors and geographic distribution. Based on results from all species, we suggest four general seed transfer zones for alpine Norway. This is likely more conservative than needed for all species, given that no species show more than two genetic groups. Even so, the approach is practical as four seed mixtures will serve the need for restoration of vegetation in alpine regions in Norway. Article in Journal/Newspaper Carex bigelowii Poa alpina Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research: NIBIO Brage Norway Evolutionary Applications 9 5 673 684 |
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According to the Norwegian Diversity Act, practitioners of restoration in Norway are instructed to use seed mixtures of local provenance. However, there are no guidelines for how local seed should be selected. In this study, we use genetic variation in a set of alpine species (Agrostis mertensii, Avenella flexuosa, Carex bigelowii, Festuca ovina, Poa alpina and Scorzoneroides autumnalis) to define seed transfer zones to reduce confusion about the definition of ‘local seeds’. The species selected for the study are common in all parts of Norway and suitable for commercial seed production. The sampling covered the entire alpine region (7–20 populations per species, 3–15 individuals per population). We characterised genetic diversity using amplified fragment length polymorphisms. We identified different spatial genetic diversity structures in the species, most likely related to differences in reproductive strategies, phylogeographic factors and geographic distribution. Based on results from all species, we suggest four general seed transfer zones for alpine Norway. This is likely more conservative than needed for all species, given that no species show more than two genetic groups. Even so, the approach is practical as four seed mixtures will serve the need for restoration of vegetation in alpine regions in Norway. |
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What’s the meaning of local? Using molecular markers to define seed transfer zones for ecological restoration in Norway |
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What’s the meaning of local? Using molecular markers to define seed transfer zones for ecological restoration in Norway |
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