Clonal plasticity and diversity facilitates the adaptation of Rhododendron aureum Georgi to alpine environment.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Xiaolong Wang, Wei Zhao, Lin Li, Jian You, Biao Ni, Xia Chen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Georgi; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197089; https://doaj.org/article/a0ce7a1476a84f6c91af9a63c8246dc0

Four small oval populations and five large intensive populations of Rhododendron aureum growing at the alpine in Changbai Mountain (China) were studied in two types of habitat (in the tundra and in Betula ermanii forest). Identification and delimitation of genets were inferred from excavation in sma...