Intraspecific variation influences performance of moss transplants along microclimate gradients.

ABSTRACT: Identifying the environmental drivers of population dynamics is crucial to predict changes in species abundances and distributions under climate change. Populations of the same species might differ in their responses as a result of intraspecific variation. Yet the importance of such differences remains largely unexplored. We examined the responses of latitudinally distant populations of the forest moss Hylocomiastrum umbratum along microclimate gradients in Sweden. We transplanted moss mats from southern and northern populations to 30 sites with contrasting microclimates (i.e., replicated field common gardens) within a forest landscape, and recorded growth and survival of individual shoots over 3 yr. To evaluate the importance of intraspecific variation in responses to environmental factor

SUBMITTER: Merinero S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7317517 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature