Description: Welcome to the website of the BiodivERsA project ACORN to identify seed sources for highly adaptable oak forests in a changing climate.
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Given the pace of climate change, the question is raised whether local gene pools of forest trees will be able to adapt to the changing environmental conditions. Transfer of forest reproductive material (FRM) from arid sites might improve tree fitness under increasing drought and heat.
Source populations for such plantations may be selected in lower latitudes or from arid sites within a larger region. However, current guidelines for FRM are strongly focused on local seed sources.