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Genetic diversity of Croatian forest tree species is being conserved using the ex situ static method. Clonal seed orchards are the nucleus of forest genetic resource conservation, since the relationship between the size of the population and the percentage of preserved heterozygocity is thus reduced to minimal loss of total additive genetic variability. In accordance with the division of forests in Croatia into ecogeographic seed regions and zones, the following productive clonal seed orchards have been established: three orchards of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.), two of narrow-leaved ash (Fraxinus angustifoliaVahl), one of sessile oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl,), one of wild cherry (Prunus avium L.), and one of black pine (Pinus nigra J. F. Arnold). Phenotypical selection and heterovegetative propagation of plus trees, as well as the establishment of clonal seed orchards were initiated with the goal of controlling more regular yield periodicity and obtaining forest seed of good genetic quality in the categories of Qualified and Tested. The orchards are regularly subjected to pomotechnical treatments, protection and other agrotechnical measures. The evaluation of genetic values of mother trees in progeny tests and genotypic selection was also initiated for the purpose of obtaining increased genetic gain. Climate changes and new site conditions will pose additional challenges to seed production and forest management; in turn, this will influence their economic and social benefits, as well as biological diversity of forest ecosystems.
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Kajba, D., Andrić, I. (2019). Ex Situ Conservation – Case Study Croatia. In: Šijačić-Nikolić, M., Milovanović, J., Nonić, M. (eds) Forests of Southeast Europe Under a Changing Climate. Advances in Global Change Research, vol 65. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95267-3_22
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