UTILIZATION AND TRANSFER GUIDELINES OF FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES IN MOROCCO: BIOGEOGRAPHIC SYSTEM AS A STRATEGIC PROVENANCE DECISION-MAKING TOOL

[...]in order to improve the intra-region environmental homogeneity, the interest of inclusion of elevation bands to the established RoP. Several studies have highlighted the important role of bioclimatic and physical variables, in the geographic distribution and adaptation of forest plant species (Emberger, 1955, Benabid, 2000, Homing et al., 2010, Bradley et al., 2013). [...]the main aims of this study were to establish accurate map and to perform detailed bioclimatic and physical characterization of the Region of Provenance, by using geographical information system techniques applied to long time-series climate dataset and high-resolution gridded geospatial data. [...]the obtained RoP were classified using a coding system with two digits number. [...]inter and intra-regional variations were examined based on statistical analysis of parameters related to the involved variables (mean, standard deviation, maximum and minimum values).