Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest that parallel clines for functional traits between continents reflect shared selective pressures.
- Taxon
- Milium effusum
Milium effusumt0 - Outcome
- parallel clines between the continents for functional traitse0
- Qualifier
- suggesting shared selective pressurese0
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Verbatim
t0“Milium effusum”
e0“parallel clines between the continents for functional traits, suggesting shared selective pressures”
Title
Cross‐Continental Ecological Drivers Behind Trait Clines in the Forest Grass Milium effusum
Charlotte Møller; Pieter De Frenne; J. Mason Heberling; et al. Global Ecology and Biogeography 2026. doi:10.1111/geb.70200
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation European Milium effusum populations occupy a broader climatic range than North American populations.
- Observation Milium effusum populations differ between continents in most traits and in the multivariate trait space.
- Association Traits of Milium effusum were affected more by bioclimatic variables than by latitude or elevation.
- Association Flowering, leaf thickness and specific leaf area showed parallel clines to the environment between continents in Milium effusum.
- Association Reproductive height of Milium effusum showed a parallel cline to the environment between continents.
- Association Vegetative height and biomass of Milium effusum showed contrasting clines between continents.
- Mechanism The authors suggest that contrasting clines for plant size indicate different evolutionary trajectories.