Leaf size variations in a dominant desert shrub, Reaumuria soongarica, adapted to heterogeneous environments

Leaf size variations in a dominant desert shrub, Reaumuria soongarica, adapted to heterogeneous environments

Abstract The climate in arid Central Asia (ACA) has changed rapidly in recent decades, but the ecological consequences of this are far from clear. To predict the impacts of climate change on ecosystem functioning, greater attention should be given to the relationships between leaf functional traits...

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Main Authors: Xingke Fan, Xia Yan, Chaoju Qian, Daoura Goudia Bachir, Xiaoyue Yin, Peipei Sun, Xiao‐Fei Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-09-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
arid Central Asia
common garden
environmental change
leaf size
local adaptation
Reaumuria soongarica
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6668

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