{"id":5,"date":"2018-03-20T21:03:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T21:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ales-cms.ales.ualberta.ca\/barbthomas\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2023-01-12T12:57:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T19:57:07","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.ales.ualberta.ca\/barbthomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-5\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-5-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_metaslider_widget panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div id=\"metaslider-id-169\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-99-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-169 ml-slider ms-theme-default nav-hidden\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Home Page\" data-width=\"1000\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_169\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_169\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-426 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2019-01-18 17:51:22\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.ales.ualberta.ca\/barbthomas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2019\/01\/20180725_151116_HDR-e1547833636210-1000x400.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-169 slide-426 msDefaultImage\" title=\"20180725_151116_HDR\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Eden McPeak conducting fieldwork, summer 2018. 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width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-181 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-05-01 16:59:58\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.ales.ualberta.ca\/barbthomas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/03\/imgp6755-800x320.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-169 slide-181 msDefaultImage\" title=\"imgp6755\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-182 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-05-01 16:59:58\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.ales.ualberta.ca\/barbthomas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/03\/imgp6754-800x320.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-169 slide-182 msDefaultImage\" title=\"imgp6754\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">My Research and Goals\nUnderstanding ecophysiological responses to drought stress to assist with selection of parents and progeny adapted to climate change (eg: drought)<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-183 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-05-01 16:59:58\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.ales.ualberta.ca\/barbthomas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/03\/lsispo4p-800x320.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-169 slide-183 msDefaultImage\" title=\"lsispo4p\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-184 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-05-01 17:01:26\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.ales.ualberta.ca\/barbthomas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/03\/yxpthebd-800x320.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-169 slide-184 msDefaultImage\" title=\"yxpthebd\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-185 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-05-01 17:01:26\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.ales.ualberta.ca\/barbthomas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/03\/uqfgrcx5-800x320.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-169 slide-185 msDefaultImage\" title=\"uqfgrcx5\" \/><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-5-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>My Research and Goals<\/h3>\n<p>The research in our lab is focused on answering primarily applied questions addressing challenges in tree improvement. This lab began in September 2014 with the task of developing eight projects in conjunction with the forest industry and provincial Government through an industrial research chair in tree improvement. Answers we are currently looking for include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Determining how to increase the seed yield in a high elevation lodgepole pine orchard and understanding the impact of parent origin on cone serotiny<\/li>\n<li>Understanding ecophysiological responses to drought stress to assist with selection of parents and progeny adapted to climate change (eg: drought)<\/li>\n<li>Evaluating the economic impact of the current tree improvement structure of recognizing genetic gain relative to fibre flow and corporate investments<\/li>\n<li>Understanding the underpinning of hybrid vigour in balsam poplar through disparate population breeding within a species.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>More fundamental research interests include understanding the trade-offs in the distribution of trembling aspen on the landscape relative to gender and resource availability. This question is being addressed through phenotypic, ecophysiological and genomic assessments.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, I am not accepting graduate students at this time (August 2022).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Most Recent Publications<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ol>\n<li>Szyp-Borowska I, Ukalska J, Niemczyk M, Wojda T, Thomas BR. Effects of Water Deficit Stress on Growth Parameters of\u00a0<i>Robinia pseudoacacia<\/i>\u00a0L. Selected Clones under In Vitro Conditions.\u00a0<em>Forests<\/em>. 2022; 13(12):1979.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/f13121979\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/f13121979<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cappa, E.P., Chen, C., Klutsch, J.G.\u00a0<i>et al.<\/i>\u00a0Multiple-trait analyses improved the accuracy of genomic prediction and the power of genome-wide association of productivity and climate change-adaptive traits in lodgepole pine.\u00a0<i>BMC Genomics<\/i>\u00a0<b>23,\u00a0<\/b>536 (2022).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12864-022-08747-7\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12864-022-08747-7<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"citation-article-authors\">Liu, Y.,\u00a0Erbilgin, N.,\u00a0Ratcliffe, B.,\u00a0Klutsch, J. G.,\u00a0Wei, X.,\u00a0Ullah, A.,\u00a0Cappa, E. P., et al.\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"citation-article-title\">Pest defenses under weak selection exert a limited influence on the evolution of height growth and drought avoidance in marginal pine populations.\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"citation-article-publication-name\">Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2022.1034\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2022.1034<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Cappa, E.P., Ratcliffe, B., Chen, C., Thomas, B.R., Liu, Y., Klustch, J., Wei, X., Azcona, J. S., Benowicz, A., Sadoway, S., Erbilgin, N., El-Kassaby, Y.A. 2022. Improving lodgepole pine genomic evaluation using spatial correlation structure and SNP selection with single-step GBLUP.\u00a0<i>Heredity<\/i>\u00a0(2022).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41437-022-00508-2\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41437-022-00508-2\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Supplemental data:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.ales.ualberta.ca\/barbthomas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2022\/04\/Heredity-paper-supplemental-data-Cappa-et-al.-2022.pdf\">Heredity paper supplemental data Cappa et al. 2022<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\">Wei, X., Benowicz, A., Sebastian-<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">Azcona, J., &amp; Thomas, B. R. (2022). Genetic variation in leaf\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">traits and gas exchange responses to vapour pressure deficit\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">in contrasting conifer species.\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">Functional Ecology<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">, 00, 1\u2013<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">11.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/1365-2435.14007\"><span dir=\"ltr\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/1365-<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">2435.14007<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cappa EP, Klutsch JG, Sebastian-Azcona J, Ratcliffe B, Wei X, Da Ros L, Liu Y, Chen C, Benowicz A, Sadoway S, Mansfield SD, Erbilgin N, Thomas BR, El-Kassaby YA. (2022) Integrating genomic information and productivity and climate-adaptability traits into a regional white spruce breeding program. PLOS ONE 17(3): e0264549.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0264549\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0264549<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"NLM_string-name\">Dawei Luo<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"NLM_string-name\">Phil G. Comeau<\/span>, and\u00a0<span class=\"NLM_string-name\">Barb R. Thomas<\/span>. Effects of interspecific competition on early growth of genetically improved white spruce in mixedwood stands in northeastern Alberta.\u00a0<i>Canadian Journal of Forest Research<\/i>.\u00a0<b>52<\/b>(5): 819-833.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1139\/cjfr-2021-0300\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1139\/cjfr-2021-0300<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"gs_citr\">Luo, Dawei, and Barb R. Thomas. \u201cAn analysis of age-age correlations in white spruce and lodgepole pine and how it applies to the growth and yield projection system (GYPSY) in Alberta (vol 482, pg 1, 2021).\u201d\u00a0<i>FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT<\/i>\u00a0503 (2022).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.foreco.2020.118865\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.foreco.2020.118865<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pappas, C.\u00a0<i>et al.<\/i>\u00a0(2022).\u00a0<b><i>Smartforests<\/i><\/b>\u00a0Canada: A Network of Monitoring Plots for Forest Management Under Environmental Change. In: Tognetti, R., Smith, M., Panzacchi, P. (eds) Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions. Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 40. Springer, Cham.<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-80767-2_16\">\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-80767-2_16<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Niemczyk, M., Chmura, D.J., Socha, J.\u00a0<i>et al.<\/i>\u00a0 How geographic and climatic factors affect the adaptation of Douglas-fir provenances to the temperate continental climate zone in Europe.\u00a0<i>Eur J Forest Res<\/i>\u00a0(2021).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10342-021-01398-5\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10342-021-01398-5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Research and Goals The research in our lab is focused on answering primarily applied questions addressing challenges in tree improvement. 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