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Species in the Environment, Nature of Species - Coggle Diagram
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Nature of Species
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Ecotypes:
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Case Studies:
This study was the first to develop common (uniform) garden approach. The researchers used hawkweed, which exhibits different ecotypes in different habitats in regards to leaves, pubescence, and autumn dormancy. They found these ecotypes have heritable traits while remaining interfertile.
This study was the first to develop the reciprocal garden approach, which expands on the uniform garden approach. Transplant gardens were used to evaluate the ability of ecotypes to acclimate to other environments in California (Stanford, Mather, and Timberline), with the main variable being elevation. It was found that the timberline ecotype was best able to acclimate to other environments and even grew better at lower elevation. This may be because it had the most extreme environment.
This study was the first to investigate ecophysiological ecotypes. It utilizes alpine sorrel and explores its differentiated arctic and alpine ecotypes, which have contrasting morphology, phenology, and physiology. One such trait is the presence of rhizomes in just its arctic ecotype. Members of the alpine ecotype were found to have a greater range of conditions to which they could acclimate, which is likely related to alpine environments having a greater variation than arctic environments.
