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• 作者：ZOPFI ; HANS-JAKOB
• 刊名：Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
• 出版年：1998
• 出版时间：June, 1998
• 年：1998
• 卷：64
• 期：2
• 页码：179-205
• 全文大小：404 K

文摘

Seeds from 39 natural populations of the annual hemiparasitic speciesEuphrasia rostkovianawere collected from nine different grassland habitats in the north-eastern part of the Swiss Alps. These populations were investigated in three comparative cultivation experiments. Statistical data for seed-weight, different life-history traits and habit characters were compared. Differences in the onset of flowering between the extreme populations are as much as 10 weeks while differences in the other examined life-history traits are not more than a few days. The onset of flowering is strongly correlated with the number of internodes but also with other habit characters. Assuming a genetic basis for differences in life-history traits and habit characters, the populations appear to be well-adapted to the management regimes of their grassland habitats in the onset of flowering as well as in their habit characteristics. There is evidence for some trade-offs. For example, few branches and few internodes are a trade-off for the early onset of flowering. The adaptations found in populations ofE. rostkovianafrom late-mown meadows and from mountain pastures are in the opposite direction to those of the populations ofRhinanthus alectorolophusfrom the same habitats. This seems to be due to the much smaller seed-size and the much longer individual flowering period of plants ofEuphrasiaspecies. Remarkable differentiation via heterochronic processes seems to be possible within few decades in relation to extremely strong selection pressures generated by grazing or cutting.