Life stage influences the performance of low and high elevation plants in a high elevation garden, but not as one might expect
Brandie Quarles-Chidyagwai, University of California, Davis, discusses her article: Adaptational lag at high elevations depends on life stage in a California wildflower With ongoing climate change, many plant species will have to track environmental changes through adaptation or poleward/upslope dispersal. High elevations in particular are experiencing warming temperatures, reduced snowpack, and shifting growing seasons. With…
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