Empirical Seed Transfer Zones for Sphaeralcea ambigua in the Mojave Desert

Seed sourcing strategies that incorporate spatially explicit genetic information promote effective revegetation by reducing genetic risk factors, such as maladaptation, outbreeding, and inbreeding depression. Molecular markers represent an increasingly robust and cost- efficient data source for uncovering patterns of adaptive divergence in high-priority species to support restoration decision making. This project uses marker-based genetic analyses to develop empirical seed transfer zones for species that have been genotyped at a wide range of sites in the Mojave Desert. Empirical seed transfer zones delineate areas within which seeds may be transferred with limited risk of maladaptation or outbreeding depression....

Tags: Arizona, California, Mojave, Nevada, Sphaeralcea ambigua, All tags... Utah, atmospheric and climatic processes, biota, genetic diversity, genetic variation, local adaptation, native plant, restoration, seed transfer zone, Fewer tags