Adaptive phenotypic plasticity: the case of heterophylly in aquatic plants

By Carolyn L. Wells, M. Pigliucci. 2000

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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Flooding stress: acclimations and genetic diversity. (2008, background): “palustris (82) and other amphibious species (18, 37, 157).”
Response of aquatic plants to abiotic factors: a review (2011, background): “2008), even if some species may tolerate dewatering through plastic adjustments (Szmeja 1987; Bruni et al. 1996; Wells and Pigliucci 2000), or are able to recolonize after the drought”
Phenotypic plasticity of vegetative and reproductive traits in monoecious and dioecious populations of Sagittaria latifolia (Alismataceae): a clonal aquatic plant (2004, background): “Such plastic responses in vegetative structures are thought to promote survival and propagation in the heterogeneous environments typical of many wetland habitats ( Wells & Pigliucci 2000; Santamaria 2002).”
The ecology of subindividual variability in plants: patterns, processes, and prospects (2017, background): “…of discontinuous variation involving morphologically or functionally distinct variants of reiterated homologous structures, typically leaves (heterophylly), fruits (heterocarpy), and seeds (heteromorphism) (see Wells and Pigliucci, 2000, Imbert, 2002, and Matilla et al., 2005, for reviews).”
Structural, physiological and molecular aspects of heterogeneity in seeds: a review (2005, background): “Because plants have modular architecture and plastic development, environmental factors can prompt morphological variations in the same individual (heterophylly; Wells and Pigliucci, 2000).”
Epigenetic correlates of plant phenotypic plasticity: DNA methylation differs between prickly and nonprickly leaves in heterophyllous Ilex aquifolium (Aquifoliaceae) trees (2013, background): “…et al., 1994; Wells & Pigliucci, 2000), but it is widespread worldwide, and its study has furnished some of the clearest examples of the functional significance and adaptive value of plant phenotypic plasticity (Cook & Johnson, 1968; Winn, 1996, 1999; Wells & Pigliucci, 2000; Minorsky, 2003).”
Divergence among species and populations of Mediterranean pines in biomass allocation of seedlings grown under two watering regimes (2011, background): “These changes are not inherently adaptive; in particular those related to resource limitation might represent inevitable responses of the organisms [10,28,51].”