Clinal variation in drought response is consistent across life stages but not between native and non-native ranges
Nagy, D. U.; Thoma, A. E.; Al-Gharaibeh, M.; Callaway, R. M.; Flory, S. L.; Frazee, L. J.; Hartmann, M.; Hensen, I.; Jandova, K.; Khasa, D. P.; Lekberg, Y.; Robert, P. W.; Samartza, I.; Shah, M. A.; Sheng, M.; Slate, M.; Stein, C.; Tsunoda, T.; Rosche, C.
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Clinal variation, i.e., intraspecific variation that corresponds to environmental gradients, is common in widely distributed species. Studies on clinal variation across multiple ranges and life stages are lacking, but can enhance our understanding of specie[s] adaptive potential to abiotic environments and may aid in predicting future species distributions. This study examined clinal variation in drought responses of 59 Conyza canadensis populations across large aridity gradients from the native and non-native ranges in three greenhouse studies. Experimental drought was applied to recruitment, juveniles, and adult stages. Drought reduced growth at all three life stages. However, contrasting patterns of clinal variation emerged between the two ranges. Native populations from xeric habitats were less inhibited by drought than mesic populations, but such clinal variation was not apparent for non-native populations. These range-specific patterns of clinal variation were consistent across the life stages. The experiments suggest that invaders may succeed without complete local adaptation to their new abiotic environments, and that long-established invaders may still be evolving to the abiotic environment. These findings may explain lag times in some invasions and raise concern about future expansions.
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