Adaptive Evolution of Plant Life History in Urban Environments

Autor:	Amanda J. Gorton, Liana T. Burghardt, Peter Tiffin
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Computer science business.industry Environmental resource management business Adaptation (computer science)
Zdroj:	Urban Evolutionary Biology ISBN: 0198836848 Urban Evolutionary Biology
Popis:	Many of the environmental factors that shape selection on plant life-history traits, including temperature, water availability, growing-season length, nutrient availability, and biotic community, differ between urban and rural environments, as well as within urban environments. Therefore, we might expect that plant life-history traits are of central importance to plant adaptation to urban environments. While the study of adaptive evolution of plant life-history traits in urban environments is in its early stages, those studies that have been conducted provide clear evidence for adaptive divergence between urban and rural plant populations in plant life-history traits related to phenology, fecundity, and dispersal. This chapter reviews the existing studies that provide a foundation for understanding the adaptation of plant life histories in urban environments, and also point to directions of potentially fruitful further research.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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