Environment drives spatiotemporal patterns of clonality in white spruce (Picea glauca) in Alaska

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Forest Research
• Main Authors: Würth, David G., Eusemann, Pascal, Trouillier, Mario, Burras, Allan, Burger, Andreas, Wilmking, Martin, Roland, Carl A., Juday, Glenn Patrick, Schnittler, Martin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Text; article; ddc:580; boreal forest > climate change > clonal growth > microsatellites > Picea glauca > forêt boréale > changements climatiques > croissance clonale; Blanche; alaska range; Brooks Range; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2018-0234; https://www.openagrar.de/receive/openagrar_mods_00045202; https://www.openagrar.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/openagrar_derivate_00018601/dn060319.pdf

Many plant species reproduce by cloning if environmental conditions are unfavorable for sexual reproduction. To test the alternative hypotheses, whether cloning is an “exit strategy” or caused by selection, clonal growth in white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) was investigated in three stands i...