Sticking around: plant persistence strategies on edaphic islands
Gianluigi Ottaviani,
Francisco Emmanuel Méndez Castro,
Luisa Conti
et al.
Abstract:Species extinction risk at local scales can be partially offset by
strategies promoting in-situ persistence. We explored how
persistence-related traits of clonal and non-clonal plants in temperate
dry grasslands respond intra- and interspecifically to variation in
environmental conditions (soil, climate) and insularity. We focused on
edaphic island specialist species, hypothesizing that plants
experiencing harsh soil environments and strong insularity are
distinguished by traits supporting enhanced persistence… Show more
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