[SOS-PCA] WEBINAR OCT 18 - Eastern Seed Zone Forum: Evaluating Intraspecific Variation and Environmental Heterogeneity to Identify Seed Sources and Conservation Corridors

[Hosna, Rachel]

Good Morning Everyone!

Below is a link for the Eastern Seed Zone Forum's upcoming webinar
"Evaluating Intraspecific Variation and Environmental Heterogeneity to
Identify Seed Sources and Conservation Corridors". Check it out! You can
also catch any of the previous webinars you may have missed.


"The eighth in the Eastern Seed Zone Forum's online lecture and discussion
series aimed at providing both information about the creation of seed zones
in general and a forum in which professionals, experts, and interested
parties discuss the possibility of drafting seed zone guidelines for the
eastern United States. In this webinar, Anantha Prasad, Research Ecologist
with the USDA Forest Service will evaluate current and future
habitat-fitness and colonization potential of intraspecific genetic zones
from inferred evolutionary lineages. He will also illustrate how the
colonization of suitable habitats can be modeled opportunistically in the
landscape to identify potential future conservation corridors.

Intraspecific variation of tree species demography can be identified via
evolutionary lineages, or alternatively by differentiating leading
cold-zone regions from trailing warm-zone regions. Matching seed sources
with appropriate environmental conditions can be assisted by an
understanding of how intra-species evolutionary lineages and climatic
regions are associated differentially with environmental heterogeneity. In
this webinar, using eastern hemlock (*Tsuga canadensis*) as an example,
Anantha Prasad will evaluate current and future habitat-fitness and
colonization potential of intraspecific genetic zones from inferred
evolutionary lineages. Zones that harbor glacial refugia offer seed sources
that can be useful under changing climates. He will also illustrate how the
colonization of suitable habitats can be modeled opportunistically in the
landscape to identify potential future conservation corridors. In addition,
he will explain how differences in demography between leading warm-zone and
trailing cold-zone are related to environmental heterogeneity and can be
mapped for further insights. Please join the USDA Forest Service
Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetics Resources team for its eighth
discussion about what it will take to create seed zone guidelines to serve
as tools for improved collaborations and partnership in the region."

For more information & to join the webinar - Click Here!
<http://www.forestrywebinars.net/webinars/evaluating-intraspecific-variation-and-environmental-heterogeneity-to-identify-seed-sources-and-conservation-corridors>


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Rachel Hosna
Seeds of Success
National Collection Curator
202-912-7233
rhosna at blm.gov

Seeds of Success
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection>
Plant Conservation Alliance <http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/>
National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration
<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy>
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