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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Ramesar-Fortner, Nicole S.;
Aiken, Susan G.;
Dengler, Nancy G. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Botany, University of Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada; Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada |
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| Title: | Phenotypic plasticity in leaves of four species of arctic Festuca (Poaceae) |
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| Source: | Canadian Journal of Botany. Vol. 73, No. 11, November 1995, p. 1810-1823. |
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| Publishing Information: | Vancouver, British Columbia: The National Research Council of Canada. |
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| # of Pages: | 14 |
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| Related Web URL: | http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/b95-192
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Festuca; Phenotypic plasticity; Morphology; Physiology
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Leaf phenotypic plasticity of 12 morphological, anatomical, and growth traits was investigated using four species of arctic Festuca (F. baffinensis, f. brachyphylla, F. edlundiae, and F. hyperborea). Plants collected around 78° N in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago were grown for 10 weeks at the University of Toronto in growth chambers in continuous light, under four regimes of temperature and moisture. Significant differences were found between leaves at the time of field collection and leaves of the same plant at the end of the experiment in (i) leaf blade length, (ii) surface vestiture, both in trichrome density and angle of the trichromes to the blade surface, and (iii) characters seen in leaf cross sections: blade width, rib thickness, and inter-rib thickness. The four species responded similarly to the experimental conditions, indicating that most of these changes represent part of the developmentally inevitable component of plasticity rather than species-specific adaptations. Trichrome density was the only characteristic for which species showed different patterns of response, with a unique pattern of response in F. edlundiae. This and certain growth traits support the taxonomic status of this newly recognized species. The significant effects of temperature and to a lesser degree, water treatments on these leaf anatomical traits indicate that they should be used with caution for the purposes of taxonomy and identification." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 36 |
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| Note: | Abstract also appears in French
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Ramesar-Fortner, N. S., S. G. Aiken, and N. G. Dengler. 1995. Phenotypic plasticity in leaves of four species of arctic Festuca (Poaceae). Can. J. Bot. 73(11):p. 1810-1823. |
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