Marginal/peripheral populations of forest tree species and their conservation status: report for Continental region

Gerhard Huber; Dušan Gömöry; Piero Belletti

doi:10.12899/asr-1532

Authors

Gerhard Huber Bavarian Office for Forest Seeding and Planting, Teisendorf (Germany)
Dušan Gömöry Technical University in Zvolen, Faculty of Forestry, Zvolen (Slovakia)
Piero Belletti 3. University of Torino, DISAFA Agricultural Genetics, Grugliasco, (Italy)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12899/asr-1532

Keywords:

Forest genetic resources, forest tree marginal populations, MaPs, marginality, Cost Action FP 1202 MaP FGR

Abstract

The report describes the geographical and ecological characteristics of the European continental region, which is the area that covers most of Central and Eastern Europe. Forest ecosystems and vegetational aspects, with particular emphasis to forest species growing at the edge of their distribution range, are also considered.

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