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Disparate relatives: Life histories vary more in genera occupying intermediate environments
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SYSNO ASEP 0381350 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Disparate relatives: Life histories vary more in genera occupying intermediate environments Author(s) Hermant, M. (FR)
Hennion, F. (FR)
Bartish, Igor V. (BU-J) RID, ORCID, SAI
Yugel, B. (FR)
Prinzing, A. (NL)Number of authors 5 Source Title Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. - : Elsevier - ISSN 1433-8319
Roč. 14, č. 4 (2012), s. 283-301Number of pages 19 s. Language eng - English Country DE - Germany Keywords life-history traits ; dated phylogeny ; regional trait variability Subject RIV EF - Botanics Institutional support BU-J - RVO:67985939 UT WOS 000308520500005 DOI 10.1016/j.ppees.2012.02.001 Annotation Species within clades are commonly assumed to share similar life history traits, but within a given region some clades show much greater variability in traits than others. We studied the variability of six life-history traits (initiation of flowering, duration of flowering, plant life span, seed mass, stress tolerance, type of reproduction) within 383 angiosperm genera from Central Europe distributed along six abiotic gradients. We compared patterns of within-genus variability to those present in the entire dataset, independent of genus membership. We found that trait variability differed strongly between genera, but did not depend on their age. Trait variability was higher within genera occupying intermediate positions along regional abiotic environmental gradients, compared with patterns across the entire dataset. We conclude that intermediate abiotic environments play an important role in maintaining and possibly generating the striking diversity of life history traits. Workplace Institute of Botany Contact Martina Bartošová, martina.bartosova@ibot.cas.cz, ibot@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 271 015 242 ; Marie Jakšová, marie.jaksova@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 384 721 156-8 Year of Publishing 2013
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