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Biotic and abiotic drivers of intraspecific trait variation within plant populations of three herbaceous plant species along a latitudinal gradient
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2017 (English)In: BMC Ecology, E-ISSN 1472-6785, Vol. 17, no 1Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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The importance of intraspecific trait variation (ITV) is increasingly acknowledged among plant ecologists. However, our understanding of what drives ITV between individual plants (ITVBI) at the population level is still limited. Contrasting theoretical hypotheses state that ITVBI can be either suppressed (stress-reduced plasticity hypothesis) or enhanced (stress-induced variability hypothesis) under high abiotic stress. Similarly, other hypotheses predict either suppressed (niche packing hypothesis) or enhanced ITVBI (individual variation hypothesis) under high niche packing in species rich communities. In this study we assess the relative effects of both abiotic and biotic niche effects on ITVBI of four functional traits (leaf area, specific leaf area, plant height and seed mass), for three herbaceous plant species across a 2300 km long gradient in Europe. The study species were the slow colonizing Anemone nemorosa, a species with intermediate colonization rates, Milium effusum, and the fast colonizing, non-native Impatiens glandulifera.

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2017. Vol. 17, no 1
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URN: urn:nbn:se:polar:diva-3964DOI: 10.1186/s12898-017-0151-yOAI: oai:DiVA.org:polar-3964DiVA, id: diva2:1167266
Available from: 2017-12-18 Created: 2017-12-18 Last updated: 2023-10-23

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