Figure 1.

Tree‐ring trait assets in establishing the links between genotypes, phenotypes and environmental selection pressures acting on trees. (a) Tools to study local adaptation include common garden experiments and association genetics (triangle: adapted from Sork et al., 2013). (b) Commonly used phenotypes in dendroecology and forest genetics are based on dendrometric traits. (c) The use of tree‐ring phenotypes in association genetic studies allows fine temporal analysis of growth responses to past climatic events in addition to the identification of new candidate genes. †, Traits examined in the present study. Types A, B and C: please refer to the Materials and Methods section.