Future increases in drought severity and frequency are predicted to have substantial impacts
on plant function and survival. However, there is considerable uncertainty concerning what …

Background Plastic responses of plants to the environment are ubiquitous. Phenotypic
plasticity occurs in many forms and at many biological scales, and its adaptive value …

Phenotypic plasticity enables rapid responses to environmental change, and could facilitate
range shifts in response to climate change. What drives the evolution of plasticity at range …

Functional traits offer a promising avenue to improve predictions of species range shifts
under climate change, which will entail warmer and often drier conditions. Although the …

Phenotypic plasticity is a main mechanism for organisms to cope with changing
environments and broaden their ecological range. Plasticity is genetically based and can …

Phenotypic plasticity is a key mechanism by which plants respond to changing or
heterogeneous conditions. Efforts to predict phenotypic plasticity across plant species have …

Adaptive evolution and phenotypic plasticity are key mechanisms of climate change
responses. However, we still lack a detailed understanding of the strategies different species …

Background Predicting relationships between plant functional traits and environmental
effects in their habitats is a central issue in terms of classic ecological theories. Yet, only …

Phenotypic plasticity is a main mechanism for sessile organisms to cope with changing
environments. Plasticity is genetically based and can evolve under natural selection so that …

Background Climatic warming is increasing regionally and globally, and results concerning
warming and its consequent drought impacts have been reported extensively. However, due …