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08/13/13

Genetic and morphological structure of a spruce hybrid (Picea sitchensis × P. glauca) zone along a climatic gradient

New paper from the Aitken lab by Jill Hamilton in the American Journal of Botany.

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08/1/13

Effects of local adaptation and interspecific competition on species’ responses to climate change

Greta Bocedi, Katherine E. Atkins, Jishan Liao, Roslyn C. Henry, Justin M.J. Travis, Jessica J. Hellmann in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In these simulations, competition slows range expansion.

 

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07/24/13

What did I say about your talk?

I’ve been tweeting snippets of the talks from Forest Genetics 2013 under #ForGen13. Check them out to see if I mentioned your talk – and let me know if I got anything wrong!

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07/23/13

What’s going on at Forest Genetics 2013?

Talks at the Forest Genetics conference start this morning. Here’s a wordle based on the titles of all the talks and posters to give you a taste of what we’re going to be hearing about!

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07/22/13

Forest Genetics 2013!

The Aitken Lab is on their way to Forest Genetics 2013 in Whistler! Follow the conference on twitter with the hashtag #ForGen13.

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The Aitken lab is (mostly) housed within the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Forestry. We study genetics, local adaptation, and responses to climate change in the forest tree species of the Pacific Northwest.

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