Genetic variation in productivity of foundation riparian species at the edge of their distribution: implications for restoration and assisted migration in a warming climate

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 17; no. 12; pp. 3724 - 3735
• Main Authors: Grady, Kevin C., Ferrier, Sharon M., Kolb, Thomas E., Hart, Stephen C., Allan, Gerard J., Whitham, Thomas G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2011; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: aboveground net primary productivity; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; assisted migration; Biological and medical sciences; Climate change; Conservation biology; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; cottonwood; Endangered & extinct species; Environmental degradation: ecosystems survey and restoration; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Genetic diversity; Genotype & phenotype; heritability; local adaptation; provenance; riparian; Riparian ecology; Terrestrial ecosystems; willow; Warming; Climate; Primary productivity; Genetic variability; aboveground net primary productivity; cottonwood; Migration; Dynamical climatology; Climate change; local adaptation; willow; provenance; Riparian; Heritability; Ecological recovery; assisted migration; Adaptation

We examined the hypothesis that genotypic variation among populations of commonly co‐occurring phreatophytic trees (Populus fremontii, Salix gooddingii) and the shrub (Salix exigua) regulates aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) at a hot site at the edge of the species’ distribution. We used...