Geographic variation and local adaptation in Oryza rufipogon across its climatic range in China

Zhou, Wen, Wang, Zhixiu, Davy, Anthony J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7658-7106 and Liu, Guihua (2013) Geographic variation and local adaptation in Oryza rufipogon across its climatic range in China. Journal of Ecology, 101 (6). pp. 1498-1508. ISSN 0022-0477

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Abstract

Variation in plant functional traits and demographic behaviour in populations of widely distributed species on geographic gradients may be key to understanding their geographic range limits. Oryza rufipogon, a wild progenitor of rice, occurs in discrete wetland populations over a wide latitudinal range in China. We examined correlations between plant functional traits, latitude, longitude and climatic variables in 34 populations of O. rufipogon across its northern range limit. We also investigated the responses of individuals from all populations after transplantation to two experimental gardens: one north of its range and the other in the extreme south. Seed mass in the field was positively correlated with latitude and longitude, whereas flag-leaf area was negatively correlated with latitude; both effects could be explained largely as a response to temperature. Transplantation revealed that both plasticity and population differentiation contributed to geographic variation. All populations reproduced and overwintered in the southern garden, but in the northern garden, only populations from the northern range were able to reproduce (65%) and survive the winter (58%). Synthesis: Environmentally determined variation in plant functional traits is complex, with both plastic trade-offs between traits and genetic differentiation between populations contributing to the location of the northern limit of Oryza rufipogon.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	common-garden transplant,functional traits,geographic range,latitudinal limit,phenotypic plasticity,plant-climate interactions,population differentiation,temperature limitation
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Organisms and the Environment
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	25 Nov 2013 14:38
Last Modified:	17 May 2023 00:58
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/44894
DOI:	10.1111/1365-2745.12143

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