Matti Rousi

TL;DR: Variation around the tightly-linked light response genes PHYC and FRS10 correlated with latitude and longitude and temperature, and with precipitation for PHYC, and similar associations characterized the growth-promoting cytokinin response regulator ARR1, and the wood development genes KAK and MED5A.

TL;DR: The chemicals analyzed in birch stems are a useful tool for recognition of species and the chemical diversity and amount were lower in seedlings than in saplings.

TL;DR: The stability in chemical profile of individual trees suggests that quality is tightly controlled by genotype, which provides a recognition tool for chemotaxonomy and may provide protection against different types of insects (generalists or specialists) and, thus, have positive effects on population survival.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the genetic and ecological processes acting on different types of peripheral populations and indicate why these processes may be of general interest for adapting forests and forest management to climate change.

TL;DR: This study tested whether phenolic accumulation can be induced separately in individual branches of mountain birch and found it to be possible.