Carbon cycling implications of locally adapted arctic sedge populations

What is it about?

Individuals within a plant species are often though of as responding similarly to climate change. We demonstrate that the response of productivity to environmental conditions varies among locally adapted populations within a plant species.

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Why is it important?

Plant productivity is the main input of carbon into the terrestrial biosphere. Therefore our results suggest that locally adapted populations within a plant species may influence the response of the carbon cycle to climate change.