Assessing genetic variation of forest tree species at risk: Papers and presentations
Potter , K.M., R.M. Jetton, W.S. Dvorak, V.D. Hipkins, W.A. Whittier, and J. Rhea. In press. “Extensive inbreeding and unexpected geographic patterns of genetic variation in eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), an imperiled North American conifer.” Conservation Genetics. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-011-0301-2v.
Potter, K.M., R.M. Jetton, W.S. Dvorak, V.D. Hipkins, J. Rhea, W.A. Whittier. 2011. “Range-Wide Assessment of Genetic Variation and Structure in Eastern Hemlock, an Imperiled Conifer, Using Microsatellites.” 31st Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference, Biloxi, Mississippi, June 13-16, 2011. (poster)
Jetton, R.M., W.S. Dvorak, K.M. Potter, W.A. Whittier, and R. Rhea. 2011. Genetics and conservation of hemlock species threatened by the hemlock woolly adelgid. Proceedings of the 30th Southern Tree Improvement Conference, Amy Brunner, ed. Blacksburg, Virginia, May 31-June 3, 2009. pp. 81-87.
Hipkins, V.D., K.M. Potter, and R. Means. 2011. Genetic Assessment of Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) Sites within the Proposed Wah Wah Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), Millard County and Iron County, Utah. Placerville, California: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Forest Genetics Laboratory (NFGEL). 6 p.
Hipkins, V.D., K.M. Potter, and R. Means. 2011. Genetic Assessment of Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) at the Square S Gulch Site, Rio Blanco County, Colorado. Placerville, California: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Forest Genetics Laboratory (NFGEL). 4 p.
Hipkins, V.D., K.M. Potter, and R. Means. 2011. Genetic Assessment of Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) at the Big Hole Site, Beaverhead County, Montana. Placerville, California: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Forest Genetics Laboratory (NFGEL). 6 p.
Potter, K.M., R.M. Jetton, W.S. Dvorak, J. Frampton, and J. Rhea. 2010. “Ex situ seed collection represents genetic variation present in natural stands of Carolina hemlock.” pp. 181-190 in B. Onken and R. Reardon, compilers, Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in the Eastern United States, Asheville, North Carolina, August 17-19, 2010. USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, FHTET-2010-07, Morgantown, West Virginia, pp. 181-190.
Potter, K.M., W.W. Hargrove, R.M. Jetton, W.S. Dvorak, V.D. Hipkins, R. Rhea, and W.A. Whittier. 2010. “Of Microsatellites, HWA and Climate Change: Assessing Genetic Diversity, and Threats to It, in the Southern Appalachians.” 20th Annual Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Conference, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, November 16, 2010.
Potter, K.M., R.M. Jetton, W.S. Dvorak, V.D. Hipkins, W.W. Hargrove, R. Rhea, and W.A. Whittier. 2010. “Of Microsatellites, HWA and Climate Change: Assessing Genetic Diversity, and Threats to It, Across the Range of Eastern Hemlock.” 5th Symposium on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, Asheville, North Carolina, August 18, 2010.
Potter, K.M., R.M. Jetton, W.S. Dvorak, J. Frampton, and R. Rhea. 2010. “Ex situ Seed Collection Represents Genetic Variation Present in Natural Stands of Carolina Hemlock.” 5th Symposium on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, Asheville, North Carolina, August 17-19, 2010 (poster).
Potter, K.M., R.M. Jetton, W.S. Dvorak, V.D. Hipkins, and R. Rhea. 2010. “Range-wide Eastern Hemlock Genetic Variation Study: Status Update and Results from the South.” First Meeting of the Working Group on Genetics and Host Resistance in Hemlock, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 25, 2010.
Potter, K.M., J. Frampton, S.A. Josserand, and C.D. Nelson. 2010. Evolutionary history of two endemic Appalachian conifers revealed using microsatellite markers. Conservation Genetics. 11(4):1499-1513. DOI:10.1007/s10592-009-9980-3.
Jetton, R.M., W.S. Dvorak, K.M. Potter, W.A. Whittier, and R. Rhea. 2009. “Genetic Diversity and Ex Situ Gene Conservation of Eastern and Carolina Hemlocks Threatened by the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.” 30th Southern Tree Improvement Conference, Blacksburg, Virginia, May 31-June 3, 2009.
Dvorak, W.S., K.M. Potter, V.D. Hipkins, and G.R. Hodge. 2009. Genetic diversity and gene exchange in Pinus oocarpa, a Mesoamerican pine with resistance to the pitch canker fungus (Fusarium circinatum). International Journal of Plant Sciences. 170(5):609-626. DOI:10.1086/597780.
Jetton, R.M., W.S. Dvorak, W.A. Whittier, K.M. Potter, and R. Rhea. 2009. Genetics and conservation of hemlock species threatened by the hemlock woolly adelgid.
Proceedings of the 20th U.S. Department of Agriculture Interagency Research Forum on Invasive Species, 2009, Katherine McManus and Kurt Gottschalk, eds. Annapolis, Maryland, Jan. 13-16, 2009. General Technical Report NRS-P-51. Newtown Station, Pennsylvania: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. pp. 39-40.
Potter, K.M., J. Frampton, S.A. Josserand, and C.D. Nelson. 2009. “Evolutionary History and Population Genetics of Fraser Fir and Intermediate Fir, Southern Appalachian Endemic Conifers Imperiled by an Exotic Pest and Climate Change.” Conference on Ecology and Management of High-Elevation Forests of the Central and Southern Appalachian Mountains, Snowshoe, West Virginia, May 14-15, 2009.
Jetton, R.M., W.A. Whittier, W.S. Dvorak and K.M. Potter. 2008. Status of ex situ conservation efforts for eastern and Carolina hemlock in the southeastern United States. pp. 81-89 in: B. Onken and R. Reardon, eds., Proceedings of the 4th Symposium on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. USDA Forest Service, FHTET-2008-01, Morgantown, WV, 299 p.
Potter, K.M. 2008. “Population Genetics and Gene Conservation of Southern Appalachian Hemlocks and Firs.” Department of Biological Sciences seminar, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, Feb. 27, 2008.
Josserand, S.A., B.M. Shamblin, K.M. Potter, C.J. Nairn, C.S. Echt, and C.D. Nelson. 2008. “Genomic Markers for Carolina Hemlock, Eastern Hemlock, and Five Other Tsuga Species.” 4th Symposium on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, Hartford, Connecticut, Feb. 12-14, 2008 (poster).
