Long-term research reveals potential role of hybrids in climate-change adaptation. A commentary on 'Expansion of the rare Eucalyptus risdonii under climate change through hybridisation with a closely related species despite hybrid inferiority'

David Bush

doi:10.1093/aob/mcab085

Long-term research reveals potential role of hybrids in climate-change adaptation. A commentary on 'Expansion of the rare Eucalyptus risdonii under climate change through hybridisation with a closely related species despite hybrid inferiority'

Ann Bot. 2022 Jan 8;129(1):i-iii. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcab085.

Author

David Bush¹

Affiliation

¹ CSIRO Australian Tree Seed Centre, Black Mountain Innovation Precinct, Canberra, 2600, Australia.

Abstract

This article comments on:

T. R. Pfeilsticker, R. C. Jones, D. A. Steane, P. A. Harrison, R. E. Vaillancourt and B. M. Potts, Expansion of the rare Eucalyptus risdonii under climate change through hybridization with a closely related species despite hybrid inferiority, Annals of Botany, Volume 129, Issue 1, 1 January 2022, Pages 1–14 https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab103

Keywords: Eucalypts; differential fitness; hybrids.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Acclimatization
Adaptation, Physiological
Climate Change
Eucalyptus* / genetics
Hybridization, Genetic