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ArticleAmerican journal of botany2020

Ecological niche differences between two polyploid cytotypes of Saxifraga rosacea.

Lucile Decanter, Guy Colling, Nora Elvinger, Starri Heiðmarsson, Diethart Matthies

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Article in American journal of botany, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Lucile DecanterFondation Faune-Flore c/o Musée national d'histoire naturelle, 25 rue Münster, L-2160, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.ORCID 0000-0003-3990-4982
Guy CollingPopulation Biology and Evolution, Musée national d'histoire naturelle, 25 rue Munster, L-2160, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Nora ElvingerPopulation Biology and Evolution, Musée national d'histoire naturelle, 25 rue Munster, L-2160, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Starri HeiðmarssonThe Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Borgir vid Nordurslod, 600, Akureyri, Iceland.
Diethart MatthiesUnit of Plant Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 8, D-35043, Marburg, Germany.
Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle · LUPhilipps University of Marburg · DENáttúrufræðistofnun · IS

Funding

AFR PHD2011-2/BMLuxembourg National Research Fund
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

premiseDifferent cytotypes of a species may differ in their morphology, phenology, physiology, and their tolerance of extreme environments. We studied the ecological niches of two subspecies of Saxifraga rosacea with different ploidy levels: the hexaploid Central European endemic subspecies sponhemica and the more widely distributed octoploid subspecies rosacea.

methodsFor both cytotypes, we recorded local environmental conditions and mean plant trait values in populations across their areas of distribution, analyzed their distributions by niche modeling, studied their performance at two transplant sites with contrasting conditions, and experimentally tested their cold resistance.

resultsMean annual temperature was higher in hexaploid than in octoploid populations and experiments indicated that frost tolerance of the hexaploid is lower than that of the octoploid. Reproduction of octoploids from Central Europe was higher than that of hexaploids at a transplant site in subarctic Iceland, whereas the opposite was true in temperate Luxembourg, indicating adaptation of the octoploids to colder conditions. Temperature variables were also most important in niche models predicting the distribution of the two cytotypes. Genetic differences in survival among populations were larger for the octoploids than for the hexaploids in both field gardens, suggesting that greater genetic variability may contribute to the octoploid's larger distributional range.

conclusionsOur results support the hypotheses that different cytotypes may have different niches leading to spatial segregation, and that higher ploidy levels can result in a broader ecological niche and greater tolerance of more extreme conditions.

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RosaceaSaxifragaceaeEcosystemEuropeHumansPolyploidyCytotype distributionfrost toleranceniche modelingpolyploidypopulation differencesreciprocal transplant experimentSaxifragaceaespatial segregation

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