Adaptation to elevated CO2 in different biodiversity contexts

Kleynhans, Elizabeth J.; Otto, Sarah P.; Reich, Peter B.; Vellend, Mark

doi:10.1038/ncomms12358

Title: Adaptation to elevated CO₂ in different biodiversity contexts

Journal Article · Thu Aug 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12358· OSTI ID:1438021

Kleynhans, Elizabeth J. ^[1]; Otto, Sarah P. ^[1]; Reich, Peter B. ^[2]; Vellend, Mark ^[3]

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
Sherbrooke Univ. (Canada). Dept. of Biology

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.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Earth and Environmental Systems Science Division; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); National Science Foundation (NSF); Western Sydney Univ., Penrith (Australia)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-96ER62291; DEB-0080382; DEB-0620652; DEB-1234162; DEB-0322057; DEB-0716587; DEB-1242531; DEB-1120064; FC02-06ER64158

OSTI ID:: 1438021

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 7; ISSN 2041-1723

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