Population genetic differentiation and phenotypic plasticity of Ambrosia artemisiifolia under different nitrogen levels.

Abstract excerpt

Rapid adaptive evolution and phenotypic plasticity are two mechanisms that often underlie invasiveness of alien plant species, but whether they can co-occur within invasive plant populations under altered environmental conditions such as nitrogen (N) enrichment has seldom been explored. Latitudinal clines in plant trait responses to variation in environmental factors may provide evidence of local adaptation....

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• Adaptation, Physiological
• Genetics, Population
• Introduced Species
• Nitrogen
• Phenotype