Space‐for‐time substitutions in climate change ecology and evolution

RSL Lovell, S Collins, SH Martin, AL Pigot… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In an epoch of rapid environmental change, understanding and predicting how biodiversity
will respond to a changing climate is an urgent challenge. Since we seldom have sufficient …

The growing and vital role of botanical gardens in climate change research

RB Primack, ER Ellwood, AS Gallinat… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Botanical gardens make unique contributions to climate change research, conservation, and
public engagement. They host unique resources, including diverse collections of plant …

Variation in overall fitness due to seed source: projections for predictive provenancing

CB Woolridge, JB Fant, AI Flores, K Schultz… - Restoration …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Seed sourcing decisions affect short‐and long‐term restoration outcomes. Seeds sourced
closer to restoration sites are likely to be better adapted to local conditions and therefore …

The roles of species' relatedness and climate of origin in determining optical leaf traits over a large set of taxa growing at high elevation and high latitude

SM Hartikainen, TM Robson - Frontiers in plant science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Climate change is driving many mountain plant species to higher elevations and northern
plant species to higher latitudes. However, various biotic or abiotic constraints may restrict …

Exploring the potential for plant translocations to adapt to a warming world

SE Dalrymple, R Winder, EM Campbell - Journal of Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic climate warming is undisputed and yet, there is much that is unknown
regarding biological impacts of changing temperature and precipitation, and the …

The potential for evolutionary rescue in an Arctic seashore plant threatened by climate change

ALK Mattila, ØH Opedal, MH Hällfors… - …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The impacts of climate change may be particularly severe for geographically isolated
populations, which must adjust through plastic responses or evolve. Here, we study an …

Living collections: Biodiversity cultivated at public gardens has the power to connect ecological questions and evolutionary context

JH Burns, KL Stuble, JS Medeiros - American Journal of Botany, 2024 - par.nsf.gov
Combining ecological questions with evolutionary con-text generates novel insight into both
ecology and evo-lution. However, our ability to draw broad inferences can be limited by the …

Phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation of leaf cuticular waxes favor perennial alpine herbs under climate change

L Yao, D Wang, D Wang, S Li, Y Chen, Y Guo - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Six perennial herbs (Plantago asiatica, Polygonum viviparum, Anaphalis lactea, Kobresia
humilis, Leontopodium nanum and Potentilla chinensis) widely distributed in alpine …

The impact of climate change on species in Finland

M Hällfors - 2022 - journal.fi
Climatic conditions constitute the very defining dimensions of abiotic conditions for
biodiversity. Now these fundamental settings are changing at rapid pace, and this …