In: Oecologia, 2004, vol. 139, no. 3, p. 383-391
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In: Annals of Botany, 2007, vol. 99, no. 1, p. 111-120
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In: Royal Society Open Science, 2016, vol. 3, no. 9, p. 160226
Elevation gradients impose large differences in abiotic and biotic conditions over short distances, in turn, likely driving differences in gene expression more than would genetic variation per se, as natural selection and drift are less likely to fix alleles at such a narrow spatial scale. As elevation increases, the pressure exerted on plants by herbivores and on arthropod herbivores by...
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In: Ecology, 2007, vol. 88, no. 2, p. 424–433
Evolutionary theory suggests that divergent natural selection in heterogeneous environments can result in locally adapted plant genotypes. To understand local adaptation it is important to study the ecological factors responsible for divergent selection. At a continental scale, variation in climate can be important while at a local scale soil properties could also play a role. We designed an...
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In: Journal of Ecology, 2006, vol. 94, p. 1130-1142
1 Adaptation of plant populations to local environments has been shown in many species but local adaptation is not always apparent and spatial scales of differentiation are not well known. In a reciprocal transplant experiment we tested whether: (i) three widespread grassland species are locally adapted at a European scale; (ii) detection of local adaptation depends on competition with the...
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