Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU Aspen Bibliography Aspen Research 2017 Post-glacial biogeography of trembling aspen inferred from habitat models and genetic variance in quantitative traits Chen Ding Stefan G. Schreiber David R. Roberts Andreas Hamann Jean S. Brouard Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/aspen_bib Part of the Agriculture Commons, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons, Forest Sciences Commons, Genetics and Genomics Commons, and the Plant Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Ding, C., S. G. Schreiber, D. R. Roberts, A. Hamann, and J. S. Brouard. 2017. Post-glacial biogeography of trembling aspen inferred from habitat models and genetic variance in quantitative traits. Scientific Reports 7:4672. This Report is brought to you for free and open access by the Aspen Research at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Aspen Bibliography by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN Post-glacial biogeography of trembling aspen inferred from habitat models and genetic Received: 4 January 2017 Accepted: 17 May 2017 variance in quantitative traits Published: xx xx xxxx Chen Ding1, Stefan G. Schreiber 1, David R. Roberts 1, Andreas Hamann1 & Jean S. Brouard2 Using species distribution models and information on genetic structure and within-population variance observed in a series of common garden trials, we reconstructed a historical biogeography of trembling aspen in North America. We used an ensemble classifier modelling approach (RandomForest) to reconstruct palaeoclimatic habitat for the periods 21,000, 14,000, 11,000 and 6,000 years before present. Genetic structure and diversity in quantitative traits was evaluated in common garden trials with 43 aspen collections ranging from Minnesota to northern British Columbia.