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Local plant adaptation across a subarctic elevational gradient.

Paul Kardol¹, Jonathan R De Long¹, David A Wardle¹

¹Department of Forest Ecology and Management , Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences , 90183 Umeå, Sweden.

Royal Society Open Science

|June 12, 2015

Summary

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Plant adaptation to global warming depends on temperature and soil. This study found ecotypic variation drives plant responses to temperature, while soil property effects are phenotypic, not adaptive.

Keywords:

Bistorta vivipara aboveground–belowground linkages climate change ecotypic variation global warming plant–soil interactions

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Area of Science:

Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
Plant Science

Background:

Predicting plant responses to global warming requires understanding local adaptation to temperature.
Temperature influences plant adaptation directly and indirectly via covarying soil properties.
Research on interactive effects of temperature and soil on plant adaptation is limited, with untested roles of biotic versus abiotic soil factors.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the interactive effects of local ecotype, temperature, and soil properties on plant growth.
To disentangle the roles of abiotic and biotic soil properties in plant adaptation to temperature.
To assess local adaptation of Bistorta vivipara ecotypes to temperature and soil conditions.

Main Methods:

Two growth chamber experiments were conducted using Bistorta vivipara bulbil ecotypes and soils from a subarctic elevational gradient.
Plants were exposed to a temperature range of ±3°C to assess growth responses.
Soil origin (abiotic and biotic properties) and local ecotype were analyzed for their influence on plant growth.

Main Results:

Partial evidence for local adaptation to temperature was observed.
Soil origin significantly affected plant growth, but adaptation to abiotic or biotic soil properties was not supported.
No interactive effects were found between soil origin, ecotype, and temperature.

Conclusions:

Ecotypic variation is a key factor in plant responses to direct temperature increases associated with global warming.
Plant responses to soil property variations appear to be phenotypic rather than adaptive.
Further research is needed to fully understand plant adaptation mechanisms in changing environments.