Variation of needle volatiles in native populations of Pinus mugo – evidence from multivariate statistical analysis

Pinus mugo Turra sensu stricto (dwarf mountain pine) is a species native to central and southern Europe, which performs a key role in subalpine areas by preventing avalanches and soil erosion. In this study, headspace extraction coupled with GC-MS/FID analyses was used to analyze diversity of needle volatiles in 10 natural populations of P. mugo s. str. growing in the Julian Alps, southern Carpathians and Balkan Peninsula. The multivariate...