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Canalized to heat, plastic to cold: adaptive coordination of leaf and seed strategies in populations spanning an elevational gradient.
The New phytologist - 1 Apr 2026
Chaves Cleber J N, Tavares Danilo U, Lemos-Silva Isabella V, Bento João P S P, Vilela-Bianchini Henrique, Aecyo Paulo, Cacossi Tami C, Tavares Marília M, Sabino Gabriel P, Kamimura Vitor de A, Dos Santos Wagner L, Gonçalves Lucas N, Silva Karina T, Mayer Juliana L S, Ribeiro Rafael V, Escobar-Escobar Diego, Feeley Kenneth J, Palma-Silva Clarisse
Abstract excerpt
In tropical mountains, surviving temperature extremes demands finely tuned strategies. We investigated how populations of the bromeliad Pitcairnia flammea across a 2200 m elevational gradient balance genetic canalization and plasticity, and whether thermal strategies are coordinated between seeds and leaves. Seven populations (n ≥ 20 per site) were studied in the field and in a > 2-yr common-garden experiment....
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