Data from: Local plant adaptation across a subarctic elevational gradient ...

• Main Authors: Kardol, Paul, De Long, Jonathan R., Wardle, David A.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2015
• Subjects: Bistorta vivipara; aboveground-belowground linkages; Polygonum viviparum; ecotypic variation; Alpine bistort; Abisko; Northern Sweden; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.v2k50; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.v2k50

Predicting how plants will respond to global warming necessitates understanding of local plant adaptation to temperature. Temperature may exert selective effects on plants directly, and also indirectly through environmental factors that covary with temperature, notably soil properties. However, studies on the interactive effects of temperature and soil properties on plant adaptation are rare, and the role of abiotic versus biotic soil properties in plant adaptation to temperature remains untested. We performed two growth chamber experiments using soils and Bistorta vivipara bulbil ecotypes from a subarctic elevational gradient (temperature range: ±3°C) in northern Sweden to disentangle effects of local ecotype, temperature, and biotic and abiotic properties of soil origin on plant growth. We found partial evidence for local adaption to temperature. Although soil origin affected plant growth, we did not find support for local adaptation to either abiotic or biotic soil properties, and there were no ... : Plant biomass and bulbil weight measurementsBistorta vivipara biomass data from Experiment 1 and Experiment 2. Dry weight of Bistorta vivipara bulbils collected from 450 m, 700 m, and 900 m elevation (Abisko).Data file.xlsx ...