Overview: During the 4th International Consultation on Forest Geneticsand Tree Building, held in 1998 in Beijing, China, leading scientistswere invited to review past achievements, to redefine the role offorest genetics and breeding in contemporary forestry, and to setpriorities for future research and development. On the basis of theinvited presentations, the volume summarizes the state of knowledge invarious fields, such as the impact of forest management and ofchanging environmental conditions on genetic resources, and the valueof genetic markers as indicators for adaptational potential, as
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