Fagus sylvatica seedlings show provenance differentiation rather than adaptation to soil in a transplant experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding and predicting the response of tree populations to climate change requires understanding the pattern and scale of their adaptation. Climate is often considered the major driver of local adaptation but, although biotic factors such as soil pathogens or mutualists could be as important, their role has typically been neglected. Biotic drivers might also interact with climate to affect performance and mycorrhizae, in particular, are likely to play a key role in determining drought resistance, which is important in the context of adaptation to future environmental change. To address these questions, we performed a fully reciprocal soil-plant transplant experiment using Fagus sylvatica seedlings and soils from three regions in Germany. To separate the biotic and

SUBMITTER: Manzanedo RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6171197 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature