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04.01.01.0084 - P058: Implications for Conservation, Management, and R...
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Basics

Basics
Evaluates adaptive genetic diversity of forest resources in the Lake Tahoe Basin and identifies patterns of adaptive variation at the landscape-level in order to allow for the detection of the sensitivity, resiliency, and potential vulnerability of populations of white pines to an introduced and invasive pathogen and constitute a valuable tool to design conservation, restoration, and forest health monitoring strategies for these forest tree species. This project takes an ecological and genetic approach to better understand the interaction of landscape characteristics and evolutionary processes on ecologically important plant traits.

Completed
2009
2010
2014
$148,975
Pat Manley (pmanley@fs.fed.us)
10/27/2017
10/27/2017
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U.S. Forest Service - Pacific Southwest Research Station (USFS - PSW) Pat Manley - U.S. Forest Service - Pacific Southwest Research Station (USFS - PSW)

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04 - Science, Stewardship, and Accountability
04.01 - Science Program
Conduct Applied Scientific Research
04.01.01.0084 - P058: Implications for Conservation, Management, and Restoration of Whitebark Pine in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

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Funding

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Expected Funding
$148,975
$148,975
$0
Total
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (Pacific Southwest Research Station) (USFS - PSW) $148,975 $148,975 $0
Grand Total $148,975 $148,975 $0

Reported Expenditures

Reported Expenditures
Total 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (Pacifi... $148,975 $24,829 $24,829 $24,830 $24,829 $24,829 $24,829
Grand Total $148,975 $24,829 $24,829 $24,830 $24,829 $24,829 $24,829

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  • The populations of many Strobus species are challenged by native and introduced pathogens, native insects, and abiotic factors resulting from climate change and fire suppression.

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Notes

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07/19/2017 7:01 AM Kiara Cuerpo-Hadsall Objectives:

• Determine adaptive genetic variation in whitebark pine for ecologically important plant traits (disease resistance, water-use efficiency, drought adaptation, phenology, and growth) across the Lake Tahoe Basin.

• Determine the underlying genes that control adaptive phenotypic traits using genotype-phenotype associations.
07/19/2017 7:00 AM Kiara Cuerpo-Hadsall Findings:

• Heritable genetic variation for 4 of 5 fitness related traits (water-use efficiency, leaf nitrogen content, root:shoot ratio, and bud flush, low for height growth) exists for whitebark pine in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

• Genetic variation in whitebark pine is structured among populations and along environmental gradients.

• The genetic variation in whitebark pine is correlated with climate, soil and geography.

• These patterns suggest that whitebark pine is locally adapted in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

*** See www.fs.fed.us/PSW/partnerships/tahoescience for additional findings.

07/19/2017 6:44 AM Kiara Cuerpo-Hadsall Management Implications:

Ecological genetic studies such as ours can provide information to resource managers to guide conservation activities such as cone collections and seed banking. Given that white pine species are locally adapted and genetically diverse reforestation and restoration source material can be provided from within the Lake Tahoe Basin.
07/19/2017 6:43 AM Kiara Cuerpo-Hadsall Publications:

Maloney, P.E., D.R. Vogler, A.E., Eckert, C.E. Jensen, and A. Delfino Mix. In Revision. Ecological genetics of three white pine species from the Lake Tahoe Basin, USA: Implications for conservation and evolutionary potential. Ecological Applications.

Lind, B.M., C.J. Friedline, P.E. Maloney, D.R. Vogler, D.B. Neale, and A.J. Eckert. Genetic architecture of fitness-related traits within whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis). For submission to Genetics.