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We hypothesize that drought-avoidance in Gutierrezia sarothrae populations is characterized by well-developed lateral roots. Root growth and hydraulic conductance were studied in four populations of Gutierrezia sarothrae. Seedlings from a Malta, Idaho (ID) seed source had four times higher root/shoot ratio (P<0.05), but only 17% hydraulic conductance of those from Tahoka, Texas (TA) seed source. Consequently, transpiration surface area of the ID seedlings was 17% that of the TA seedlings. There was no difference in total root length between the seedlings, but hydraulic conductance per unit root length was 3.8 fold greater (P<0.05) in the TA seedlings, which was accompanied by a lower specific lateral root length...
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Tags: Ecotype,
Elsevier,
Environmental and Experimental Botany,
desert shrub,
drought avoidance,
Aim Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex Lawson & C. Lawson) is an economically and ecologically important conifer that has a wide geographic range in the western USA, but is mostly absent from the geographic centre of its distribution – the Great Basin and adjoining mountain ranges. Much of its modern range was achieved by migration of geographically distinct Sierra Nevada (P. ponderosa var. ponderosa) and Rocky Mountain (P. ponderosa var. scopulorum) varieties in the last 10,000 years. Previous research has confirmed genetic differences between the two varieties, and measurable genetic exchange occurs where their ranges now overlap in western Montana. A variety of approaches in bioclimatic modelling is required...
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Types: Citation;
Tags: Pinus ponderosa,
bioclimatic model,
classification tree analysis,
ecotype,
minimum-volume ellipsoid,
Long-lived desert shrubs exhibit infrequent, episodic recruitment from seed. In spite of this long time scale, selection on life history attributes that affect seedling recruitment should be strong. We studied factors affecting germination phenology and seedling establishment for Coleogyne ramosissima, a dominant shrub species in the ecotone between warm and cold deserts in western North America. We also examined ecotypic differentiation in establishment strategy in response to selection regimes in two contrasting habitats. We followed patterns of dormancy loss, germination, emergence, and survival in reciprocal field experiments at warm winter Mojave Desert and cold winter Colorado Plateau study sites. Seed germination...
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Types: Citation,
Journal Citation;
Tags: Colorado Plateau,
Mojave Desert,
Plant Ecology,
Springer Netherlands,
blackbrush,
These data were acquired from two native Mojave Desert species, Ambrosia dumosa and Larrea tridentata, from 3 sites (50 m x 50 m garden plots) distributed across the differing Mojave Desert ecotones. These sites were located on the Fort Irwin National Training Center (CA), north of Joshua Tree National Park (CA), and north of Saint George (UT). Growth and survivorship data were collected monthly from 2014 to 2018. Canopy projection data was calculated from the measurements using the mathematical equation: pi x 0.5 x L1 x 0.5 x L2, L1 is the longest diameter, L2 is the perpendicular longest diameter (cm squared). Height was measured from the ground to the tallest green leaf (cm). These data support the following...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Adaptations (biological),
Botany,
Ecology,
Fort Irwin National Training Center,
Joshua Tree National Park,
Blackbrush is a dominant shrub species in the transition zone between North American warm and cold deserts. Its seeds are dormant at dispersal and lose dormancy in response to moist chilling. Seeds from warmer low-elevation habitats have shorter chilling requirements and a higher optimum chilling temperature than those from colder habitats where winter snow regularly occurs. This ecotypic variation functions to time germination optimally in habitats with contrasting chilling regimes. Regulation of germination phenology is an important feature of the life history of this ecotonal species, which must be able to migrate elevationally through recruitment from seed in response to long-term climatic shifts in order to...
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Types: Citation,
Journal Citation;
Tags: Colorado Plateau,
Journal of Arid Environments,
Mojave Desert,
chilling,
dormancy,
Aim Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex Lawson & C. Lawson) is an economically and ecologically important conifer that has a wide geographic range in the western USA, but is mostly absent from the geographic centre of its distribution ? the Great Basin and adjoining mountain ranges. Much of its modern range was achieved by migration of geographically distinct Sierra Nevada (P. ponderosa var. ponderosa) and Rocky Mountain (P. ponderosa var. scopulorum) varieties in the last 10,000 years. Previous research has confirmed genetic differences between the two varieties, and measurable genetic exchange occurs where their ranges now overlap in western Montana. A variety of approaches in bioclimatic modelling is required...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation,
Journal Citation;
Tags: Journal of Biogeography,
Pinus ponderosa,
bioclimatic model,
classification tree analysis,
ecotype,
Seeds from northern (Idaho) and southern (New Mexico and Texas) populations of broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae) were germinated in a greenhouse and the seedlings grown in a soil mixture in 30-cm deep (19-1) plastic pots for 50 days. The pots were then fastened onto the top of similar pots and the seedling root systems were allowed to grow into the lower pots for 4 weeks through punctures in the bottoms of the upper pots. Soil water extraction from four different depths was measured using time domain reflectometry (TDR) 2 weeks after roots had begun to grow into the lower pots. The two New Mexico populations (Jornada and Mountainair) and a population from Plains, Texas extracted more water from deeper (greater-or-equal,...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation,
Journal Citation;
Tags: Broom snakeweed,
Elsevier,
Environmental and Experimental Botany,
desert shrub,
drought,
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