Full title: Forests at the limit: evolutionary - genetic consequences of environmental changes at the receding (xeric) edge of distribution

Organised by: Csaba Mátyás (University of West Hungary, Sopron), Bruno Fady (INRA, Avignon, France) and Giovanni G. Vendramin (CNR, Florence, Italy)

The workshop was planned to deal with evolutionary-genetic consequences of growing environmental stress at the receding distribution limits of temperate forests. In the northern hemisphere, drought-linked forest distribution limits extend across the Mediterranean, Southeast Europe, South Siberia and North America. In these densely populated regions, forests bear high ecological and social values; it is therefore an imperative to evaluate available knowledge with the objective to mitigate effects triggered by rapidly changing conditions.

Further information can be found in the meeting report.