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Temperature - versus precipitation-limitation shape local temperature tolerance in a Holarctic freshwater crustacean

Seefeldt, Leonie and Ebert, Dieter. (2019) Temperature - versus precipitation-limitation shape local temperature tolerance in a Holarctic freshwater crustacean. Proceedings of the Royal Society. Series B, Biological Sciences, 286 (1907). p. 20190929.

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Abstract

Species with wide geographical distributions are often adapted locally to the prevailing temperatures. To understand how they respond to ongoing climatic change, we must appreciate the interplay between temperature, seasonality and the organism's life cycle. The temperature experienced by many organisms results from an often-overlooked combination of climate and phenology. Summer-active (high latitude) populations are expected to adapt to local summer temperatures, but this is not expected for populations that outlive the summer in their dormant stage (low latitude, precipitationlimited). We recorded reproduction and survival in genotypes from 123 Holarctic populations of Daphnia magna during a multi-generation thermal ramp experiment. Genotypes from summer-active populations showed a positive relationship between heat tolerance and local summer temperature, whereas winter-active populations did not. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that D. magna adapts to the local temperatures the animals experience during their planktonic phase. We conclude that predicting local temperature adaptation, in particular in the light of climate change, needs to consider the phenology of geographically wide-ranging species.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Umweltwissenschaften > Integrative Biologie > Evolutionary Biology (Ebert)
UniBasel Contributors:Ebert, Dieter
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:The Royal Society
ISSN:0962-8452
e-ISSN:1471-2954
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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