Low genetic variation in tolerance to defoliation in a long-lived tropical understorey palm
M. Jansen, P. A. Zuidema, A. van Ast, F. Bongers, M. Malosetti, M. Martinez-Ramos, J. Nunez-Farfan, N. P. R. Anten
The paper quantifies genetic variation in growth and defoliation tolerance in a tropical palm, finding high heritability of growth rate but low genetic variation in tolerance and compensatory responses.
bioRxiv · Dec 11, 2018Ecology