Claim · model-written summary
Achillea millefolium agg., Knautia arvensis and Leucanthemum vulgare agg. showed rather sympatric distribution patterns.
- Taxon
- Achillea millefolium agg., Knautia arvensis , and Leucanthemum vulgare agg.
Achillea millefolium
Leucanthemum vulgare
Knautia arvensise7 - Outcome
- sympatric distribution patternse7
Verbatim
e1“we focus on six polyploid complexes commonly used for the restoration”
e7“Achillea millefolium agg., Knautia arvensis , and Leucanthemum vulgare agg. showed rather sympatric distribution patterns”
Title
Johannes Höfner; Filip Kolář; Christina M. Müller; et al. Journal of Applied Ecology 2026. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.70278
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Ploidy levels within polyploid complexes were more differentiated than seed zones within individual ploidy levels.
- Observation Abundance, spatial distribution and sympatry versus parapatry of ploidy levels varied widely among polyploid complexes.
- Association The spatial distribution of ploidy levels is associated with environmental gradients.
- Observation Mixed-ploidy populations were generally rare.
- Observation Campanula rotundifolia, Euphorbia cyparissias and Pimpinella saxifraga showed regional parapatry of ploidy levels.
- Observation Diploid Knautia arvensis was very rare and potentially non-native to Germany.
- Recommendation The framework recommends four different per-zone management options.
- Recommendation Different ploidy levels should not be mixed to avoid fitness losses.
- Recommendation Either the dominant ploidy level should be prioritised, or multiple ploidy levels should be managed independently at the seed zone level.