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environmental means hypothesis — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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environmental means hypothesis

Scope: community ecology

Papers: 2 | Mentions: 2

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 68 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on environmental means hypothesis with 68 nodes and 135 connections. Top connected: Barbey's Larkspur, Nuttall's Larkspur, Larkspurs, Crested Butte, Potentilla gracilis.

Definition

The hypothesis that trait variation could be driven by environmental means, where different ecological strategies are more viable under different large-scale climatic regimes

Related Terms (2)

environmental extremes hypothesisintraspecific variation hypothesis

Publications (2)

Does environmental heterogeneity drive functional trait variation? A test in montane and alpine meadows

Revisiting Darwin's hypothesis: Does greater intraspecific variability increase species' ecological breadth?

2014American Journal of Botany

Related Concepts (8)

specific leaf area

measurement2 shared papers

phenotypic plasticity

phenomenon1 shared paper

trait filtering

process1 shared paper

intraspecific trait variation

phenomenon1 shared paper

environmental heterogeneity hypothesis

hypothesis1 shared paper

community assemblage

process1 shared paper

species range limits

phenomenon1 shared paper

functional traits

measurement1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Taraxacum officinale

Asteraceae1 paper

Boechera stricta

Brassicaceae1 paper

Nuttall's Larkspur

Ranunculaceae1 paper

Polygonum douglasii

Polygonaceae1 paper

Achillea millefolium

Asteraceae1 paper

Lathyrus lanszwertii

Fabaceae1 paper

Vicia americana

Fabaceae1 paper

Claytonia lanceolata

Montiaceae1 paper

Mertensia oblongifolia

Boraginaceae1 paper

Lathyrus lanszwertii var. leucanthus

Fabaceae1 paper