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Genetic variation within a dominant shrub structures green and brown community assemblages.
Ecology - 1 Feb 2014
Crutsinger Gregory M, Rodriguez-Cabal Mariano A, Roddy Adam B, Peay Kabir G, Bastow Justin L, Kidder Allison G, Dawson Todd E, Fine Paul V A, Rudgers Jennifer A
Abstract excerpt
Two rising challenges in ecology are understanding the linkages between above- and belowground components of terrestrial ecosystems and connecting genes to their ecological consequences. Here, we blend these emerging perspectives using a long-term common-garden experiment in a coastal dune ecosystem, whose dominant shrub species, Baccharis pilularis, exists as erect or prostrate architectural morphotypes. We...
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