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Where is the extended phenotype in the wild? The community composition of arthropods on mature oak trees does not depend on the oak genotype.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Gossner Martin M, Brändle Martin, Brandl Roland, Bail Johannes, Müller Jörg, Opgenoorth Lars
Abstract excerpt
Through a series of common garden experiments, it has been shown that heritable phenotypic differences between individual trees can affect arthropod communities. However, field studies under heterogeneous environmental conditions remain rare. In the present study, we investigated the genetic constitution of 121 mature oak host trees at different trophic levels from 10 sites across Bavaria, southern Germany and...
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