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dc.contributor.authorParsons, Matthew C.
dc.contributor.authorJones, Thomas A.
dc.contributor.authorLarson, Steven R.
dc.contributor.authorMott, Ivan W.
dc.contributor.authorMonaco, Thomas A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-05T07:04:15Z
dc.date.available2020-09-05T07:04:15Z
dc.date.issued2011-11-01
dc.identifier.citationParsons, M. C., Jones, T. A., Larson, S. R., Mott, I. W., & Monaco, T. A. (2011). Ecotypic variation in Elymus elymoides subsp. brevifolius in the northern Intermountain West. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 64(6), 649-658.
dc.identifier.issn0022-409X
dc.identifier.doi10.2111/REM-D-09-00143.1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/642912
dc.description.abstractBottlebrush squirreltail (Elymus elymoides [Raf.] Swezey) is an important native bunchgrass for rangeland restoration in western North America. This species is taxonomically complex and has diverged into as many as four subspecies, including subsp. brevifolius, for which four geographically distinct races have been described (A, B, C, and D). Of these four races, only C occurs in the northern Intermountain West. Our objectives were to describe phenotypic and genetic variation within C and to ascertain its taxonomic status. We evaluated 32 populations of C collected across the northern Intermountain West for a battery of biomass, phenological, and functional traits in common-garden settings in the field and greenhouse. Genetic variation was assessed with the use of amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers, and correlations were calculated among phenotypic, genetic, environmental, and geographic distance matrices with the use of Mantel tests. Values for these four distance measures were positively correlated, suggesting that environmental heterogeneity and isolation by distance are shaping ecotypic divergence driven by natural selection. We describe three phenotypic zones for C that correspond to previously established ecoregion boundaries. Because genetic data group C apart from subsp. Brevifolius races A, B, and D, which originate in the Rocky Mountains and western Great Plains, the so-called race C merits description as a new subspecies apart from subsp. brevifolius.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSociety for Range Management
dc.relation.urlhttps://rangelands.org/
dc.rightsCopyright © Society for Range Management.
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subjectAFLP
dc.subjectcommon garden
dc.subjectGreat Basin
dc.subjectecotypes
dc.subjectsquirreltail
dc.titleEcotypic Variation in Elymus elymoides subsp. brevifolius in the Northern Intermountain West
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dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.journalRangeland Ecology & Management
dc.description.collectioninformationThe Rangeland Ecology & Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information.
dc.eprint.versionFinal published version
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dc.source.volume64
dc.source.issue6
dc.source.beginpage649-658
refterms.dateFOA2020-09-05T07:04:15Z


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