<div dir="ltr">Good Morning Everyone!<br><br>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.<br><p class="gmail-documentDescription" style="margin:0em 0em 0.5em;line-height:1.5em;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><br>"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.</p><div class="gmail-webinarText" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div class="gmail-divPreviewImage gmail-floatRight" style="float:right;margin:14px 10px 6px 12px"><img src="http://www.forestrywebinars.net/webinars/evaluating-intraspecific-variation-and-environmental-heterogeneity-to-identify-seed-sources-and-conservation-corridors/webPreview" title="" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle; padding: 2px 12px; max-width: 328px;"></div><div><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;line-height:1.5em"></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;line-height:1.5em">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 (<i>Tsuga canadensis</i>) 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."</p></div></div><br><div><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">For more information & to join the webinar - </span><a href="http://www.forestrywebinars.net/webinars/evaluating-intraspecific-variation-and-environmental-heterogeneity-to-identify-seed-sources-and-conservation-corridors" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Click
Here!</a><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span></span></p></div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#666666">Rachel Hosna<br></font><div><font color="#666666"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Seeds of Success</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"></font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#666666">National Collection Curator</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#666666">202-912-7233</font></div></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><a href="mailto:rhosna@blm.gov" target="_blank">rhosna@blm.gov</a><br><br></div><div><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Seeds of Success</a></div><div><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Plant Conservation Alliance</a><br><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration</a><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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