Evolutionary change in the germination niche between related species within Neoporteria clade (Cactaceae) is idiosyncratic to habitat type

ABSTRACT An appropriate germination response to environmental conditions is the first requirement for the establishment of a plant in a determined geographic area; therefore changes in the germination niche may be critical in configuring the current pattern of species distributions. Furthermore, the...

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Autores principales:	Guerrero,Pablo C., Mardones,Daniela, Viveros,Nataly, Peña-Gómez,Francisco T., Bustamante,Ramiro O.
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción 2016
Materias:	Endemism ontogenetic niche biogeography Mediterranean biome Chile
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-664320160002001772017-03-09Evolutionary change in the germination niche between related species within Neoporteria clade (Cactaceae) is idiosyncratic to habitat typeGuerrero,Pablo C.Mardones,DanielaViveros,NatalyPeña-Gómez,Francisco T.Bustamante,Ramiro O. Endemism ontogenetic niche biogeography Mediterranean biome Chile ABSTRACT An appropriate germination response to environmental conditions is the first requirement for the establishment of a plant in a determined geographic area; therefore changes in the germination niche may be critical in configuring the current pattern of species distributions. Furthermore, the spread of many Neotropical groups to higher latitudes are constrained by the combination of cold and humid conditions. This raises the question whether evolutionary trends in germination niche are essential for the mechanism that allows the colonization of edge habitats characterized by humid and cold conditions. Here, we evaluated the variation of seed germination probabilities of two species of cacti (Neoporteria clade), closely related but endemic to habitats with different temperature and water availability conditions. The germination niche and differences in germination performance of Eriosyce subgibbosa and E. villosa were evaluated, using common garden experiments and varying temperature and soil water potential (ᴪ) conditions. Seeds of E. subgibbosa showed overall higher germination probabilities compared to E. villosa. Interestingly, most of the detected differences on seed germination performance are related with a higher ability of E. subgibbosa seeds to germinate under conditions with more water availability and under colder conditions compared to E. villosa seed germination. This study highlights one of the critical features that could be involved in the mechanism that leads to the expansion of the Neoporteria clade to more mesic habitats. Particularly the adaptation of the germination niche of E. subgibbosa may allow an expansion from an arid habitat that characterized basal species of the group (plesiomorphic state) to more humid and cold habitats.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFacultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de ConcepciónGayana. Botánica v.73 n.2 20162016-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-66432016000200177en10.4067/S0717-66432016000200177
institution	Scielo Chile
collection	Scielo Chile
language	English
topic	Endemism ontogenetic niche biogeography Mediterranean biome Chile
spellingShingle	Endemism ontogenetic niche biogeography Mediterranean biome Chile Guerrero,Pablo C. Mardones,Daniela Viveros,Nataly Peña-Gómez,Francisco T. Bustamante,Ramiro O. Evolutionary change in the germination niche between related species within Neoporteria clade (Cactaceae) is idiosyncratic to habitat type
description	ABSTRACT An appropriate germination response to environmental conditions is the first requirement for the establishment of a plant in a determined geographic area; therefore changes in the germination niche may be critical in configuring the current pattern of species distributions. Furthermore, the spread of many Neotropical groups to higher latitudes are constrained by the combination of cold and humid conditions. This raises the question whether evolutionary trends in germination niche are essential for the mechanism that allows the colonization of edge habitats characterized by humid and cold conditions. Here, we evaluated the variation of seed germination probabilities of two species of cacti (Neoporteria clade), closely related but endemic to habitats with different temperature and water availability conditions. The germination niche and differences in germination performance of Eriosyce subgibbosa and E. villosa were evaluated, using common garden experiments and varying temperature and soil water potential (ᴪ) conditions. Seeds of E. subgibbosa showed overall higher germination probabilities compared to E. villosa. Interestingly, most of the detected differences on seed germination performance are related with a higher ability of E. subgibbosa seeds to germinate under conditions with more water availability and under colder conditions compared to E. villosa seed germination. This study highlights one of the critical features that could be involved in the mechanism that leads to the expansion of the Neoporteria clade to more mesic habitats. Particularly the adaptation of the germination niche of E. subgibbosa may allow an expansion from an arid habitat that characterized basal species of the group (plesiomorphic state) to more humid and cold habitats.
author	Guerrero,Pablo C. Mardones,Daniela Viveros,Nataly Peña-Gómez,Francisco T. Bustamante,Ramiro O.
author_facet	Guerrero,Pablo C. Mardones,Daniela Viveros,Nataly Peña-Gómez,Francisco T. Bustamante,Ramiro O.
author_sort	Guerrero,Pablo C.
title	Evolutionary change in the germination niche between related species within Neoporteria clade (Cactaceae) is idiosyncratic to habitat type
title_short	Evolutionary change in the germination niche between related species within Neoporteria clade (Cactaceae) is idiosyncratic to habitat type
title_full	Evolutionary change in the germination niche between related species within Neoporteria clade (Cactaceae) is idiosyncratic to habitat type
title_fullStr	Evolutionary change in the germination niche between related species within Neoporteria clade (Cactaceae) is idiosyncratic to habitat type
title_full_unstemmed	Evolutionary change in the germination niche between related species within Neoporteria clade (Cactaceae) is idiosyncratic to habitat type
title_sort	evolutionary change in the germination niche between related species within neoporteria clade (cactaceae) is idiosyncratic to habitat type
publisher	Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción
publishDate	2016
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-66432016000200177
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Evolutionary change in the germination niche between related species within Neoporteria clade (Cactaceae) is idiosyncratic to habitat type

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