Plastic responses to temporal variation in moisture availability: consequences for water use efficiency and plant performance

• Published in: Oecologia Vol. 153; no. 4; pp. 821 - 832
• Main Authors: Picotte, Joshua J, Rosenthal, David M, Rhode, Jennifer M, Cruzan, Mitchell B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag 01.10.2007; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological; Adaptive plasticity; analysis; anatomy & histology; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Autoecology; Biological and medical sciences; carbon; Carbon isotope ratio; Carbon Isotopes; Carbon Isotopes - analysis; crossing; drought; Dry season; Dry seasons; Ecophysiology; Florida; Flowers & plants; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; genetics; Genotype; Genotypes; Growing season; Growing seasons; Growth rate; Hybridization, Genetic; Hybrids; isotopes; leaf area; Leaves; Magnoliopsida; Magnoliopsida - anatomy & histology; Magnoliopsida - genetics; Magnoliopsida - physiology; metabolism; Moisture availability; phenotype; Phenotypic traits; physiology; Piriqueta; Plant growth; Plant morphology; Plant propagation; planting; Plants; Plants and fungi; Rainy season; Reflectance; Seasons; temporal variation; Trichomes; vegetative propagation; Water; Water - metabolism; Water availability; Water use; Water use efficiency; wet season; Florida; Availability; Turneraceae; Hybrid; Phenotypic plasticity; Water use efficiency; Ecophysiology; Carbon; Time variation; Plant; Adaptive plasticity; Carbon isotope ratio; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Humidity; Spermatophyta; Ratio; Performance; Drought; Isotopes; Piriqueta; Adaptation

The ability to appropriately modify physiological and morphological traits in response to temporal variation should increase fitness. We used recombinant hybrid plants generated by crossing taxa in the Piriqueta caroliniana complex to assess the effects of individual leaf traits and trait plasticiti...