Botany: Shootingstars provide clues to likely response of plants to global warming
Monday, April 11, 2011 - 23:30
in Biology & Nature
Researchers delved into the post-Pleistocene history of two rare species of shootingstars (Dodecatheon), thinking that their response to post-glacial warming might provide clues to the response of plants to global warming. They found that one species was a glacial relict but the other was an ecotype, or variant, of a widespread species that had adapted to the cooler cliff habitat.