Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Canada). Dept. of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Center; University of British Columbia
Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Canada). Dept. of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Center
Western Sydney Univ., Penrith (Australia). Hawkesbury Inst. for the Environment; Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States). Dept. of Forest Resources
In the absence of migration, species persistence depends on adaption to a changing environment, but whether and how adaptation to global change is altered by community diversity is not understood. Community diversity may prevent, enhance or alter how species adapt to changing conditions by influencing population sizes, genetic diversity and/or the fitness landscape experienced by focal species. For this study, we tested the impact of community diversity on adaptation by performing a reciprocal transplant experiment on grasses that evolved for 14 years under ambient and elevated CO2, in communities of low or high species richness. Using biomass as a fitness proxy, we find evidence for local adaptation to elevated CO2, but only for plants assayed in a community of similar diversity to the one experienced during the period of selection. Our results indicate that the biological community shapes the very nature of the fitness landscape within which species evolve in response to elevated CO2.
Kleynhans, Elizabeth J., et al. "Adaptation to elevated CO<sub>2</sub> in different biodiversity contexts." Nature Communications, vol. 7, Aug. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12358
Kleynhans, Elizabeth J., Otto, Sarah P., Reich, Peter B., & Vellend, Mark (2016). Adaptation to elevated CO<sub>2</sub> in different biodiversity contexts. Nature Communications, 7. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12358
Kleynhans, Elizabeth J., Otto, Sarah P., Reich, Peter B., et al., "Adaptation to elevated CO<sub>2</sub> in different biodiversity contexts," Nature Communications 7 (2016), https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12358
@article{osti_1438021,
author = {Kleynhans, Elizabeth J. and Otto, Sarah P. and Reich, Peter B. and Vellend, Mark},
title = {Adaptation to elevated CO<sub>2</sub> in different biodiversity contexts},
annote = {In the absence of migration, species persistence depends on adaption to a changing environment, but whether and how adaptation to global change is altered by community diversity is not understood. Community diversity may prevent, enhance or alter how species adapt to changing conditions by influencing population sizes, genetic diversity and/or the fitness landscape experienced by focal species. For this study, we tested the impact of community diversity on adaptation by performing a reciprocal transplant experiment on grasses that evolved for 14 years under ambient and elevated CO2, in communities of low or high species richness. Using biomass as a fitness proxy, we find evidence for local adaptation to elevated CO2, but only for plants assayed in a community of similar diversity to the one experienced during the period of selection. Our results indicate that the biological community shapes the very nature of the fitness landscape within which species evolve in response to elevated CO2.},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms12358},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1438021},
journal = {Nature Communications},
issn = {ISSN 2041-1723},
volume = {7},
place = {United States},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
year = {2016},
month = {08}}
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation (NSF); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23). Climate and Environmental Sciences Division; Western Sydney Univ., Penrith (Australia)
Kleynhans, Elizabeth J.; Otto, Sarah P.; Reich, Peter B.
Dryad Digital Repository-Supplementary information for journal article at DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12358, 1 CSV file (57.97 Kb)https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.s4bt7
Kleynhans, Elizabeth J.; Otto, Sarah P.; Reich, Peter B.
Dryad Digital Repository-Supplementary information for journal article at DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12358, 1 CSV file (57.97 Kb)https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.s4bt7
