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Biotic and abiotic drivers of intraspecific trait variation within plant populations of three herbaceous plant species along a latitudinal gradient.
BMC ecology - 12 Dec 2017
Helsen Kenny, Acharya Kamal P, Brunet Jörg, Cousins Sara A O, Decocq Guillaume, Hermy Martin, Kolb Annette, Lemke Isgard H, Lenoir Jonathan, Plue Jan, Verheyen Kris, De Frenne Pieter, Graae Bente J
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BACKGROUND: The importance of intraspecific trait variation (ITV) is increasingly acknowledged among plant ecologists. However, our understanding of what drives ITV between individual plants (ITVBI) at the population level is still limited. Contrasting theoretical hypotheses state that ITVBI can be either suppressed (stress-reduced plasticity hypothesis) or enhanced (stress-induced variability hypothesis) under...
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