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niche conservatism

Scope: evolution
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

Local Knowledge Graph (12 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on niche conservatism with 12 nodes and 41 connections. Top connected: phenological mismatch, elevational gradients, phenotypic plasticity, climate change experiments, Bagged flower nectar accumulation.

Definition

The tendency for species to retain ancestral ecological requirements rather than evolving new ones

Publications (1)

student_paper

The impact of climate change on Rocky Mountain plant communities: Differences in floral trait along an elevational gradient of transplanted communities

2019tested

Related Concepts (6)

phenological mismatch

phenomenon1 shared paper

phenotypic plasticity

process1 shared paper

climate change experiments

methodology1 shared paper

interaction turnover

metric1 shared paper

elevational gradients

framework1 shared paper

floral morphology

measurement1 shared paper