Simulating the effects of local adaptation and life history on the ability of plants to track climate shifts.

ABSTRACT: Many studies have examined the impact of dispersal on local adaptation, but much less attention has been paid to how local adaptation influences range shifts. The aim of this study was to test how local adaptation might affect climate-driven range shifts in plants, and if this might differ between plants with different life histories. Simulated range shift dynamics were compared for hypothetical annual, perennial and tree species, each comprised of either one plastic genotype or six locally adapted genotypes. The landscape consists of shifting climate bands made up of 20 × 20 m patches containing multiple individuals. Effects of seed dispersal, breadth of the plastic species' tolerance, steepness of the climate gradient and rate of the climate shift are also examined. Local adaptation incr

SUBMITTER: Moran EV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7046178 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature