The investigations indicate a range of plant-reaction and adaptation potential, which in turn could allow identifying further species potentially adapted to the specific site conditions, e.g. for reforestation plans: The methods applied enable a qualification of the investigated stand in concern of soil water availability affecting C. mopane.
It is argued, however, that, despite the challenges climate change pose to pastoralists, pastoralism is a land use already adapted to variability in rainfall and thus offers better adaptation potential than other competing land uses (Nori and Davies 2007).
In the expectation of a changing climate and potentially increased frequencies of drought situations, the evaluation of a tree species' adaptation potential towards water stress conditions is gaining a growing importance.
Building on small-scale solutions could unleash the adaptation potential as they can be rapidly implemented at the local level, are flexible and have the potential to initiate change on a larger scale with high multiplier and spill-over effects that can catalyse large-scale policy process at the national level.
"I think people may look at this study and say we have enough problems already just trying to conserve species, let alone future species or adaptation potential — why look at the next level when we can't even deal with the first?" said Steffen Pauls, another lead author.
Moreover, the adaptation potential towards TBT was determined.
The investigation reveals a specific adaptation potential of C. mopane in relation to different soil parameter under seasonal conditions.
In particular, the most actual is to find ways to increase the adaptation potential of cultivated plants with the use of nanopreparations in stressful conditions.
However, the recent, human-induced changes of climatic conditions are occurring at rates that might overcharge the natural adaptation potential of tree species [3].
In the present review, we focus on the role of engineered gold nanoparticles on the plant adaptation potential in terms of accumulation, translocation, growth response and stress modulation.
The obtained preliminary data allow us to speculate about the onset of mechanisms providing an adaptation potential to the accumulated internal irradiation after the Chernobyl accident.
