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This paper focuses more on theoretical deductions than on empirical results, and deals more with long-term strategies than with short-term tactics. Speculation about breeding for tree-limit conditions is an interesting challenge and intellectual exercise, but under many circumstances it is hardly realistic. I reflect about what the tree limit environment and adaptation should be, although some of these reflections might be dubious or oversimplified. In addition, I identify patterns of adaptation to the tree-limit environment, with the caveat that several of these patterns can be challenged by exceptions.
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Lindgren, D. (1993). Accelerating Adaptation of Trees at Tree Limits by Selective Breeding. In: Alden, J.N., Mastrantonio, J.L., Ødum, S. (eds) Forest Development in Cold Climates. NATO ASI Series, vol 244. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1600-6_20
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