Population differentiation in a Mediterranean relict shrub: the potential role of local adaptation for coping with climate change

Oecologia

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1075-1090

  Lázaro Nogal, Ana ^a   Matesanz, Silvia ^b   Hallik, Lea ^c,d   Krasnova, Alisa ^c   Traveset, Anna ^e   Valladares, Fernando ^a,b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^d TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

^e INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distribution range; Drought; Dry edge; Functional traits; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EDGE EFFECT; EXTINCTION RISK; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RELICT SPECIES; SHRUB; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER UPTAKE;

CNEORUM TRICOCCON; RUTACEAE;

WATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANGIOSPERMS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

EID: 84949509595     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3514-0     Document Type: Article

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