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adaptation lag — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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adaptation lag

Scope: evolution

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

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Knowledge graph centered on adaptation lag with 69 nodes and 142 connections. Top connected: Hummingbird, Bombus, Ipomopsis, Ligusticum porteri, Delphinium.

Definition

When populations have not yet adapted to current environmental conditions due to time delays

Related Terms (3)

lagged variableslagged climate effectscarryover effects

Publications (3)

Responses to climate change – insights and limitations from herbaceous plant model species

2025New Phytologistmeasured

Long-term declines in insect abundance and biomass in a subalpine habitat

2023Ecospheretested

Lagged and dormant season climate better predict plant vital rates than climate during the growing season

2021Global Change Biologycentral

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climate change

phenomenon2 shared papers

evolutionary trap

phenomenon1 shared paper

evolutionary rescue

theory1 shared paper

phenotypic plasticity

process1 shared paper

thermal performance

process1 shared paper

vital rates

measurement1 shared paper

pollinator decline

phenomenon1 shared paper

sliding-window analysis

methodology1 shared paper

dormant season climate

measurement1 shared paper

population decline

phenomenon1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Asteraceae

Asteraceae2 papers

Atriplex canescens

not mentioned2 papers

Delphinium barbeyi

Ranunculaceae2 papers

Helianthella

Asteraceae2 papers

herbaceous plants

Delphinium

Ranunculaceae2 papers

Spruce

Frasera speciosa

Gentianaceae1 paper

Phleum pratense

Astragalus

Fabaceae1 paper