Date
2014
Abstract
If freezing limits establishment of warm desert shrubs at high latitudes, shrubland distributions may be altered as a result of rising global temperatures. However, variation in plant physiology and morphology can be observed across climate gradients and may be acted on by selection to produce adaptation to local climate conditions, thereby ameliorating low temperature stress. Freezing damage in evergreens is closely linked to vessel size distribution because larger xylem conduits are more likely to become air-filled during freezing. In addition, plastic variation, rather than genetic, may be responsible for differences in freezing tolerance among populations. In order to determine if local adaptation to freezing is present in two species of the genus Larrea, L. tridentata and L. divaricata, we investigated xylem vessel size distributions in field grown L. tridentata adults and saplings grown in a common garden from high latitude (Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge) and low latitude (Higuerillas, Mexico) sites in the Chihuahuan Desert in North America. High latitude (Bajada del Diablo, Argentina) and low latitude (Chamical, Argentina) populations of Larrea divaricata were selected for investigation from the Monte Desert in South America.
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/1928/29966.1
Other Identifier
SEV227
Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) Identifier
knb-lter-sev.227.275473
Document Type
Dataset
Rights
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Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/e4c43aaa1401d9212ecf7dfedd301c3e
Temporal coverage
2006-12-012008-06-012009-06-01 - 2007-01-302008-06-082009-06-30
Spatial coverage
Location: Bajada del Diablo, Chubut, Argentina.Landform: Mountain foothills., Vegetation: Desert shrubland., Climate: Cold arid with a dry season., Location: Chamical, La Rioja, Argentina.Landform: Mountain valley., Vegetation: Grassland with mixed Larrea/Fabaceae shrubland., Climate: Subtropical dry., History: Grazing, now a government agricultural station., Location: The Five Points area emcompasses both the Five Points Black Grama and Five Points Creosote study sites. Five Points falls along the transition between the Chihuahuan Desert Scrub and Desert Grassland habitats. Both core sites are subject to intensive research activities, including NPP measurements, phenology observations, pollinator diversity studies, and ground dwelling arthropod and rodent population assessments. There are rain-out shelters for drought studies in both the Five Points Black Grama and Five Points Creosote sites.Vegetation: The Five Points Creosote site is characterized as Chihuahuan Desert Scrub, dominated by a creosote overstory, with broom snakeweed, purple pricklypear (Opuntia macrocentra), and soapweed yucca as co-occurring shrubs. The site is also characterized by numerous, dense, grass-dominated patches, reflecting proximity to the Five Points Black Grama Site. Dominant grasses are black grama, fluffgrass (Dasyochloa pulchellum), burrograss (Scleropogon brevifolia), bushmuhly (Muhlenbergia porteri), and galleta (Pleuraphis jamesii). Notable forbs include field bahia (Bahia absinthifolia), baby aster (Chaetopappa ericoides), plains hiddenflower (Cryptantha crassisepala), Indian rushpea (Hoffmannseggia glauca), Fendlers bladderpod (Lesquerella fendleri), and globemallows (Sphaeralcea spp.)., siteid: 3Location: Higurillas, Queretaro, Mexico.Landform: Montane., Vegetation: Subtropical mixed-savannah with scrub and succulents., History: Mixed-use, low-impact resource harvesting (cacti, firewood, etc.). Grazing data from this site has been published in Duran et al. 2005., Location: GAN represents samples collected at a fifth study area located in Gan Gan, Chubut, Argentina at 42° 30' 0" South, 68° 16' 0" West, altitude 907 m. The landform is montane and the vegetation is mixed cold desert scrub. The site has a history of sheep grazing.Landform: Montane, Vegetation: Mixed cold desert scrub, History: History of sheep grazing.
DOI
doi:10.6073/pasta/e4c43aaa1401d9212ecf7dfedd301c3e
Permanent URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/e4c43aaa1401d9212ecf7dfedd301c3e
Recommended Citation
Medeiros, Juliana: Local Adaptation to Freezing in High and Low Latitude Populations of L. tridentata (Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico; Higuerillas, Mexico) and L. divaricata (Bajada del Diablo and Chamical, Argentina) (2006-2009)). Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/e4c43aaa1401d9212ecf7dfedd301c3e
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