Intraspecific trait variation and adaptability of Stipa krylovii: Insight from a common garden experiment with two soil moisture treatments

ABSTRACT: Abstract Understanding patterns of intraspecific trait variation can help us understand plant adaptability to environmental changes. To explore the underlying adaptation mechanisms of zonal plant species, we selected seven populations of Stipa krylovii, a dominant species in the Inner Mongolia Steppe of China, and evaluated the effects of phenotypic plasticity and genetic differentiation, the effects of climate variables on population trait differentiation, and traits coordinated patterns under each soil moisture treatment. We selected seeds from seven populations of S. krylovii in the Inner Mongolia Steppe, China, and carried out a soil moisture (2) × population origin (7) common garden experiment at Tianjin City, China, and measured ten plant traits of S. krylovii. General linear analyse

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10468992 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature