“How Local Is Local?”—A Review of Practical and Conceptual Issues in the Genetics of Restoration

By John K. McKay, C. Christian, S. Harrison, K. Rice. 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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The ecology of restoration: historical links, emerging issues and unexplored realms (2005, background): “In restoration, imprecise species lists or misidentification of or disregard for subspecies can result in this kind of range extension, and, in addition, can pollute local genotypes (Montalvo & Ellstrand 2001; McKay et al. 2005).”
Neotropical rainforest restoration: comparing passive, plantation and nucleation approaches (2016, background): “When practitioners restoring at large scales use seedlings from non-locally collected seed, the result may be higher diversity of unsuitable species, seedling mortality and endogamy, or even ‘‘genetic pollution’’ (McKay et al. 2005).”
Assisted migration within species range ignores biotic interactions and lacks evidence (2017, methodology): “The most common strategy is to use native species and, optimally, local or regional genotypes in an approach called local or regional provenancing (McKay et al. 2005; Kiehl et al. 2010; Vander Mijnsbrugge et al. 2010).”
Metallophytes—a view from the rhizosphere (2010, background): “Similar to the ideas of using local ecotypes genetically adapted to specific restoration settings (McKay et al. 2005), selecting appropriate hyperaccumulator ecotypes that exhibit chemotropic root growth may be important in some phytoremediation settings.”
Can an Ecoregion Serve as a Seed Transfer Zone? Evidence from a Common Garden Study with Five Native Species (2011, background): “Generation of genetic data for each species used in restoration, although a noble conservation task, is often logistically and economically unrealistic (McKay et al. 2005).”
Ecological rather than geographic or genetic distance affects local adaptation of the rare perennial herb, Aster amellus (2007, background): “The relationship between geographic and ecological scales of local adaptation has been poorly investigated (McKay et al., 2005).”
Provenance variation of ecologically important traits of forest trees: implications for restoration (2007, result): “We support previous suggestions that recording the source of seed deployed in restoration should become common practice (McKay et al. 2005) and, given our finding that different types of ecologically important traits of E.”
Mix and match: regional admixture provenancing strikes a balance among different seed-sourcing strategies for ecological restoration (2018, neutral): “Consequently, gene flow between local and distant non-local native populations, as proposed in several seed-provenancing strategies, might result in “dilution” of local adaptation (Hufford and Mazer 2003; McKay et al. 2005; Crémieux et al. 2010).”
A question of origin: Where and how to collect seed for ecological restoration (2010, background): “We focus on the practical implications and seek to integrate work on the importance of local adaptation (McKay et al. 2005; Sackville Hamilton 2001) and genetic diversity (Edmands 2007).”
The Importance of Plant Provenance and Genotypic Diversity of Seed Material Used for Ecological Restoration (2008, background): “…and displacing local populations (Saltonstall 2002), and hybridization between introduced and local populations that may result in outbreeding depression, that is, a reduction of hybrid fitness relative to their parents (Fenster & Galloway 2000; Keller et al. 2000; Montalvo & Ellstrand 2001).”
Ecotypes of European grass species respond differently to warming and extreme drought (2011, background): “One possibility is that local gene pools could be eliminated (McKay et al. 2005).”
Assisted Colonization: A Question of Focal Units and Recipient Localities (2011, background): “This is commonly displayed in strong local adaptation, especially to the climate (Joshi et al. 2001; McKay et al. 2005).”
Cultivar Development of Kelps for Commercial Cultivation—Past Lessons and Future Prospects (2020, background): “On the other hand, selection also opposes gene flow, so the outcome depends on the relative strength of these two forces acting on the genetic make-up of populations (McKay et al., 2005).”
What Seeds to Plant in the Great Basin? Comparing Traits Prioritized in Native Plant Cultivars and Releases with those that Promote Survival in the Field (2015, background): “While restoration success may be improved through continued research on plant establishment needs and restoration methods, the seed sources used in restoration are a fundamental consideration for any restoration project (e.g., McKay et al. 2005).”