Further Reading and Resources

ASRD (Alberta Sustainable Resource Development). 2006. Alberta Forest Management Planning Standard. Alberta Sustainable Resource Development.

ASRD (Alberta Sustainable Resource Development). 2009a. Alberta Forest Genetic Resource Management and Conservation Standards – second revision of STIA. Forestry Division, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development. Pub. No. Ref. T/213.

ASRD (Alberta Sustainable Resource Development). 2009b. Gene Conservation Plan for Native Trees of Alberta. Working Group on Native Tree Gene Conservation in Alberta (Alberta Sustainable Resource Development and Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation). Pub. No. T/141. 108pp.

Dancik, B. P., and Yeh, F. C. 1983. Allozyme variability and evolution of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var latifolia) and jack pine (P. banksiana) in Alberta. Can. J. Genet. Cytol. 25: 57-64

Lester, D.T. 2005. A survey of forest genetic resources management processes and practices in Canada. In Proc. 29th Biennial Mtg. Can. Tree Improv. Assoc., Part 2. 97-100.

Maxted, N, B.V. Ford-Lloyd and J.G. Hawkes. 1997. Plant genetic conservation. The in situ approach.  Chapman & Hall. London

Natural Regions Committee. 2006. Natural Regions and Subregions of Alberta. Compiled by D.J. Downing and W.W. Pettapiece. Government of Alberta Pub. N0. 1/005.

Rajora, O. P. and Dancik, B. P. 2000. Population genetic variation, structure, and evolution of Engelmann spruce, white spruce and their hybrid complex in Alberta. Can. J. Bot. 78: 768-780.

Rweyongeza, D.M., R.-C. Yang, N.K. Dhir, L.K. Barnhardt, and C. Hansen. 2007a. Genetic variation and climatic impacts on survival and growth of white spruce in Alberta, Canada. Silvae Genetica 56: 117-127.

Rweyongeza, D.M., N.K. Dhir, L.K. Barnhardt, C. Hansen, R.-C. Yang. 2007b. Population differentiation of the lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) and jack pine (Pinus banksiana) complex in Alberta: Growth, survival and responses to climate. Canadian Journal of Botany 85: 545-556.

Yanchuk, A.D. 2001. A quantitative framework for breeding and conservation of forest tree genetic resources in British Columbia. Can. J. For. Res. 31: 566-576.

Yang, R.-C. and F.C. Yeh. 1992. Genetic consequences of in situ and ex situ conservation of forest trees. Forestry Chronicle 68: 720-729.

Following are references for further reading by advanced students and professional practitioners who may be interested in more in- depth learning or additional information on specific topic covered in this article. Brief comments following the reference citation describe the nature of information provided by these.

Simpson, J.D. (Compiler). 2007. Proc. Forum on the conservation of forest Genetic Resources: Challenges, Issues, and solutions. Inf. Rep. M-X-220. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service – Atlantic Forestry Centre. (The publication is proceedings of a conference held in 2006 in Charlottetown, Prince Edwards Island. It covers papers highlighting threats to genetic resources (invasive species and climate change) and summarizes activities and issues involving genetic resources conservation in several provinces and across Canada).
White, T.L., W.T. Adams, and D.B. Neale. 2007. Forest Genetics. CABI Publishing, Cambridge, MA, USA. (The reference is a very detailed text book covering all aspects of forest genetics starting from basic principles of Mandelian genetics, molecular biology, genetic variation in natural populations, tree improvement and forest biotechnology. Chapter 10 (pages 259 -283 specifically covers Gene Conservation).

Young, A., D. Boshier, and T. Boyle (Eds.). 2000. Forest conservation genetics: principles and practice. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia. (This reference is a book intended for advanced students research workers and professionals working in the field of plant genetics and conservation biology. It contains papers by scientific experts covering topics dealing with basic principles, genetic processes, in situ and ex situ genetic conservation, monitoring, socioeconomics and policy).