Forest Genetics Research in the Mediterranean Basin: Bibliometric Analysis, Knowledge Gaps, and Perspectives

作者：Bruno Fady, Edoardo Espósito, Khaled Abulaila, J. Aleksić, Ricardo Alı́a, Paraskevi Alizoti, Ecaterina-Nicoleta Apostol, Filippos A. Aravanopoulos, Dalibor Ballian, Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat, Isabel Carrasquinho, Marwan Cheikh Albassatneh, Alexandru Lucian Curtu, Rakefet David‐Schwartz, Giovanbattista de Dato, Bouchra Douaihy, Nicolas-George Homer Eliades, Louis Fresta, Semir Bechir Suheil Gaouar, Malika Hachi Illoul, Vladan Ivetić, Mladen Ivanković, Gaye Kandemir, Abdelhamid Khaldi, Mohamed Larbi Khouja, Hojka Kraigher, François Lefèvre, Ilène Mahfoud-Saad, Maurizio Marchi, Felipe Pérez Martín, Nicolas Picard, Maurizio Sabatti, Hassan Sbay, Caroline Scotti‐Saintagne, Darrin T. Stevens, Giovanni G. Vendramin, Barbara Vinceti, Marjana Westergren · 发表于：Current Forestry Reports · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.1007/s40725-022-00169-8 · 被引用次数：31 · 研究领域：Forest Insect Ecology and Management、Species Distribution and Climate Change、Forest ecology and management

Abstract Purpose of Review Recognizing that in the context of global change, tree genetic diversity represents a crucial resource for future forest adaptation, we review and highlight the major forest genetics research achievements of the past decades in biodiversity-rich countries of the Mediterranean region. For this, we conducted a bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature spanning the past thirty years (1991–2020). Putting together the representative regionwide expertise of our co-authorship, we propose research perspectives for the next decade. Recent Findings Forest genetics research in Mediterranean countries is organized into three different scientific domains of unequal importance. The domain “Population diversity and Differentiation” related to over 62% of all publications of the period, the domain “Environmental conditions, growth and stress response” to almost 23%, and the domain “Phylogeography” to almost 15%. Citation rate was trending the opposite way, indicating a strong and sustained interest in phylogeography and a rising interest for genetics research related to climate change and drought resistance. The share of publications from Asia and Africa to the total within the Mediterranean increased significantly during the 30-year period analyzed, reaching just below 30% during the last decade. Summary Describing poorly known species and populations, including marginal populations, using the full potential of genomic methods, testing adaptation in commo...