Adaptive genetic diversity of dominant species contributes to species co-existence and community assembly.

ABSTRACT: The synthesis of evolutionary biology and community ecology aims to understand how genetic variation within one species can shape community properties and how the ecological properties of a community can drive the evolution of a species. A rarely explored aspect is whether the interaction of genetic variation and community properties depends on the species' ecological role. Here we investigated the interactions among environmental factors, species diversity, and the within-species genetic diversity of species with different ecological roles. Using high-throughput DNA sequencing, we genotyped a canopy-dominant tree species, Parashorea chinensis, and an understory-abundant species, Pittosporopsis kerrii, from fifteen plots in Xishuangbanna tropical seasonal rainforest and estim

SUBMITTER: Li QM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9209874 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature