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Table 1 Summary of the studies about microgeographic genetic variation in forest trees

From: Fifty years of genetic studies: what to make of the large amounts of variation found within populations?

Species

Genetic marker

Phenotype

Environmental factor

Scale (km)

Citation

Eperua falcata

Functional traits

Soil moisture

<0.5

Brousseau et al. (2013)

Eperua grandiflora

Functional traits

Soil moisture

<0.5

Brousseau et al. (2013)

Pinus edulis

Isozymes

Functional traits

Temporal soil moisture variation

<0.1

Cobb et al. (1994)

Pinus edulis

Isozymes

Stomatal size

Soil moisture

<0.6

Mitton et al. (1998)

Picea engelmannii

Isozymes

Drought stress

<0.1

Mitton et al. (1989)

Betula pendula

AFLPs

Temperature at seedling establishment

<0.2

Kelly et al. (2003)

Fagus sylvatica

AFLPs

Elevational gradient and temperature at seedling establishment

<3

Jump et al. (2006)

Fagus sylvatica

AFLPs

Moisture

<0.5

Pluess and Weber (2012)

Eperua falcata

SNPs

Soil moisture

<0.4

Audigeos et al. (2013)

Eperua falcata

AFLPs

soil moisture

<0.4

Brousseau et al. (2015)

Pinus pinaster

SNPs

Elevational gradient

<1.8

Budde (2014)

Picea abies

SNPs

Elevational gradient

<2.6

Scalfi et al. (2014)

Fagus sylvatica

SNPs

Elevational gradient

<5

Csilléry et al. (2014)