Small-scale genetic structure and mating patterns in an extensive sessile oak forest ( (Matt.) Liebl.).

Oaks () are major components of temperate forest ecosystems in the Northern Hemisphere where they form intermediate or climax communities. Sessile oak () forests represent the climax vegetation in eastern Germany and western Poland. Here, sessile oak forms pure stands or occurs intermixed with Scots Pine ().

Tuning the Voices of a Choir: Detecting Ecological Gradients in Time-Series Populations.

This paper introduces a new approach-the Principal Component Gradient Analysis (PCGA)-to detect ecological gradients in time-series populations, i.e. several time-series originating from different individuals of a population.

Habitat conditions and phenological tree traits overrule the influence of tree genotype in the needle mycobiome-Picea glauca system at an arctic treeline ecotone.

Plant-associated mycobiomes in extreme habitats are understudied and poorly understood. We analysed Illumina-generated ITS1 sequences from the needle mycobiome of white spruce (Picea glauca) at the northern treeline in Alaska (USA). Sequences were obtained from the same DNA that was used for tree genotyping.