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Status of Prunus padus conservation in Europe
Bird cherry shows high within-population variation and differentiation in genetic traits related to morphological characteristics such as leaf-bud burst and flower opening times (Baliuckas et al., 2005; Vander Mijnsbrugge and Moreels, 2020). The variation in these traits is surprisingly high for a species with such a scattered distribution (Baliuckas et al., 2005). This variation in traits reflects local adaptation of populations, although flowering time was less sensitive to environmental variation than leaf-bud break (Vander Mijnsbrugge and Moreels, 2020).
Some spatial genetic structuring was found in bird cherry, at levels higher than the closely related sour cherry (Prunus cerasus), suggesting that bird cherry has smaller effective population sizes and/or gene flow is more limited (Nagamitsu et al., 2019). Bird cherry is also closely related to mahaleb cherry (Prunus mahaleb) and is expected to have similar genetic structuring and seed dispersal patterns (Nagamitsu et al., 2019).
Bird cherry has a wide and scattered distribution. It is an outcrossing species but has efficient vegetative regeneration and effective gene flow through insect pollination and seed dispersal by birds and mammals (Baliuckas et al., 2005). Effective and easy vegetative propagation through cuttings means bird cherry can be easily cultivated (Vander Mijnsbrugge and Moreels, 2020). Large within-population variation in bird cherry suggests that gene flow has remained high even between scattered populations (Baliuckas et al., 2005). Bird cherry populations at high altitudes have a higher rate of self-pollination due to fewer pollinators being present and because trees that are growing poorly are less able to attract available pollinators (Baliuckas et al., 2005).
The bibliographic review was conducted by James Chaplin of the EUFORGEN Secretariat in August 2024.
Bird cherry has high geographical variation of morphological characteristics, with some research splitting the species into several subspecies or separate species entirely. However, the genetic distinctiveness of these has never been tested (Volkova, Burlakov, and Schanzer, 2020). Bird cherry is genetically distinguished from black cherry (Prunus serotina) and bitter berry (Prunus virginiana), but research has been unable to genetically differentiate Hokkaido bird cherry (Prunus ssiori) from bird cherry, suggesting that Hokkaido bird cherry is a relict population of bird cherry that persisted during glacial periods in refugia in the Far East (Volkova, Burlakov, and Schanzer, 2020).
The current genetic structure of bird cherry in Eurasia has been heavily influenced by multiple cycles of isolation during glacial periods and subsequent postglacial colonization (Volkova, Burlakov, and Schanzer, 2020). Fossil records suggest bird cherry was widespread in Eurasia at the start of the Pliocene and may have persisted in partially glaciated and periglacial areas of Siberia, in microrefugia, and in isolated populations in forest patches and valleys of large rivers during glacial periods due to its cold tolerance (Volkova, Burlakov, and Schanzer, 2020). High genetic diversity in small populations in the Caucuses and Colchis region may be because glacial refugia survived in these areas (Volkova, Burlakov, and Schanzer, 2020).
The bibliographic review was conducted by James Chaplin of the EUFORGEN Secretariat in August 2024.
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The bibliographic review was conducted by James Chaplin of the EUFORGEN Secretariat in August 2024.
Genetic Characterisation of Prunus padus and its GCUs
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Further reading
Ahn, J.Y., Lee, J.W., Lim, H.I., and Hong, K.N. 2020. Genetic diversity and structure of Prunus padus populations in South Korea based on AFLP markers. Forest Science and Technology, 16(4): 171–179.
Nestby, R.D. 2020. The status of Prunus padus L. (bird cherry) in forest communities throughout Europe and Asia. Forests, 11(5): 497. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11050497
References
Baliuckas, V., Lagerström, T., Norell, L., and Eriksson, G. 2005. Genetic variation among and within populations in Swedish species of Sorbus aucuparia L. and Prunus padus L. assessed in a nursery trial. Silvae Genetica, 54(1–6): 1–8.
Nagamitsu, T., Shuri, K., Kikuchi, S., Koike, S., Naoe, S., and Masaki, T. 2019. Multiscale spatial genetic structure within and between populations of wild cherry trees in nuclear genotypes and chloroplast haplotypes. Ecology and Evolution, 9(19): 11266–11276.
Vander Mijnsbrugge, K. and Moreels, S. 2020. Varying levels of genetic control and phenotypic plasticity in timing of bud burst, flower opening, leaf senescence and leaf fall in two common gardens of Prunus padus L. Forests, 11(10): 1070. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11101070
Volkova, P.A., Burlakov, Y.A., and Schanzer, I.A. 2020. Genetic variability of Prunus padus (Rosaceae) elaborates “a new Eurasian phylogeographical paradigm”. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 306: 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-020-01644-0
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