期刊
ECOLOGY LETTERS
卷 15, 期 8, 页码 769-777出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01796.x
关键词
Arabidopsis thaliana; climate envelope; climate envelope modelling; climate niche; genetic diversity; geographical distribution; niche breadth; niche modelling; niche width; potential range size
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资金
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Environmental Biology [0917489] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems [0924059, 1126971] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/C004604/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- NERC [NE/C004604/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Species often harbour large amounts of phenotypic variation in ecologically important traits, and some of this variation is genetically based. Understanding how this genetic variation is spatially structured can help to understand species ecological tolerances and range limits. We modelled the climate envelopes of Arabidopsis thaliana genotypes, ranging from early- to late-flowering, as a function of several climatic variables. We found that genotypes with contrasting alleles at individual flowering time loci differed significantly in potential range size and niche breadth. We also found that later flowering genotypes had more restricted range potentials and narrower niche breadths than earlier flowering genotypes, indicating that local selection on flowering can constrain or enhance the ability of populations to colonise other areas. Our study demonstrates how climate envelope models that incorporate ecologically important genetic variation can provide insights into the macroecology of a species, which is important to understand its responses to changing environments.
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