Spatiotemporal heterogeneity in precipitation patterns explain population-level germination strategies in an edaphic specialist | Zendy

Lorena TorresMartínez | Zendy; Phillip Weldy | Zendy; Morris Levy | Zendy; Nancy C. Emery | Zendy

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Spatiotemporal heterogeneity in precipitation patterns explain population-level germination strategies in an edaphic specialist

Author(s) -

Lorena TorresMartínez,

Phillip Weldy,

Morris Levy,

Nancy C. Emery

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcw161

Subject(s) - germination , edaphic , biology , dormancy , precipitation , seed dormancy , population , ecology , biological dispersal , seed dispersal , agronomy , geography , demography , sociology , meteorology , soil water

Many locally endemic species in biodiversity hotspots are restricted to edaphic conditions that are fixed in the landscape, limiting their potential to track climate change through dispersal. Instead, such species experience strong selection for germination strategies that can track suitable conditions through time. Germination strategies were compared among populations across the geographic range of a California vernal pool annual, Lasthenia fremontii Local germination strategies were tested to determine the associations with geographic variation in precipitation patterns.

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