Intraspecific perspective of phenotypic coordination of functional traits in Scots pine.

ABSTRACT: Functional traits have emerged as a key to understand species responses to environmental conditions. The concerted expression of multiple traits gives rise to the phenotype of each individual, which is the one interacting with the environment and evolving. However, patterns of trait covariation and how they vary in response to environmental conditions remain poorly understood, particularly at the intraspecific scale. Here, we have measured traits at different scales and in different organs, and analysed their covariation in a large number of conspecifics distributed in two contrasting environments. We expected significant correlations among traits, not only within clusters of traits as found in global, multispecies studies, but also among clusters, with more relationships within clusters,

SUBMITTER: Carvalho B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7018023 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature