The Evolution of Tree Diversity: Proceedings of the 2016 IUFRO Genomics and Forest Tree Genetics Conference, Phylogenetics and Genomic Evolution Session, Arcachon, France.

The article reports on the 2016 IUFRO Genomics and Forest Tree Genetics Conference, Phylogenetics and Genomic Evolution Session at Arcachon in France. Discussed is the theme of the conference entitled "The Evolution of Tree Diversity" in which common suite of issues in forest tree diversty are mentioned including the phylogenetic resolution in the context of hybridization, the balance between divergence and introgression and the effects of local adaptation on population genetic structure