ArticleEcology and evolution2020
A resurrection study reveals limited evolution of phenology in response to recent climate change across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower.
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- Two decades of resurrection studies: What have we learned about contemporary evolution of plant species?American journal of botany · 2026Pooled it
- Evolution of flowering phenology over 44 years of climate change.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- The incredible vulnerability that reproduction poses for plant species in a warming world.The New phytologist · 2026Review
- Investigating Genetic Spillage in aEcology and evolution · 2026Article
- Investigating a Potential Bias in Resurrection Experiments to Measure Adaptive Evolution of Flowering Time.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Phenological Variation and Evolution Across Space and Time in the Scarlet Monkeyflower (Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
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- Macroecological predictors of evolutionary and plastic potential do not apply at microgeographic scales for a freshwater cladoceran under climate change.Evolution letters · 2024Article
- Rapid evolution during climate change: demographic and genetic constraints on adaptation to severe drought.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Article
- The influence of genetic architecture on responses to selection under drought in rice.Evolutionary applications · 2022Article
- Spatial variation in high temperature-regulated gene expression predicts evolution of plasticity with climate change in the scarlet monkeyflower.Molecular ecology · 2022Article
- A resurrection study reveals limited evolution of phenology in response to recent climate change across the geographic range of the scarlet monkeyflower.Ecology and evolution · 2020Article
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Abstract
premise of the studyAs global climate change alters drought regimes, rapid evolution of traits that facilitate adaptation to drought can rescue populations in decline. The evolution of phenological advancement can allow plant populations to escape drought, but evolutionary responses in phenology can vary across a species' range due to differences in drought intensity and standing genetic variation.
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resultsContrary to the hypothesis of the evolution of advanced phenology in response to recent drought, flowering time did not advance between ancestors and descendants in any population, though storage condition and maternal effects could have impacted these results. Stem height was positively correlated with flowering time, such that plants that flowered earlier were shorter at first flower. This correlation could constrain the evolution of earlier flowering time if selection favors flowering early at a large size.
conclusionsThese findings suggest that rapid evolution of phenology will not rescue these populations from recent climate change. Future work is needed to examine the potential for the evolution of alternative drought strategies and phenotypic plasticity to buffer
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