@article{fdi:010061185,
  title = {{P}atterns and origin of intraspecific functional variability in a tropical alpine species along an altitudinal gradient},
  author = {{A}lmeida, {J}. {P}. and {M}ontufar, {R}. and {A}nthelme, {F}abien},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ackground: {I}ntraspecific functional variability ({IFV}) along altitudinal gradients is a powerful proxy to infer the responses of plants to abrupt environmental changes. {W}e envisage that {IFV} shows distinctive patterns in tropical and extratropical alpine regions. {A}ims: {T}o characterise the patterns and explore the origin of {IFV} in a tropical alpine species in a context of upward range extension. {M}ethods: {W}e examined variations in a series of plant functional traits in {L}asiocephalus ovatus, inside and outside a nurse plant along a 600 m altitudinal gradient in the {E}cuadorian {A}ndes, and we studied its genetic variability. {R}esults: {M}ore conservative traits were developed at higher elevation, in contrast to extratropical alpine plants, which commonly develop opportunistic traits in response to late snowmelt close to their upper altitudinal limit. {T}he presence of nurse cushions did not alter this trend. {I}ncreasing genetic distance along the gradient suggested that {IFV} might be partly genetically induced. {C}onclusions: {O}ur data combined with existing literature in tropical alpine environments lead the way to a stimulating scientific challenge: determining if patterns of plant altitudinal distribution in tropical alpine areas in response to climate change are predictable from patterns described in extratropical alpine areas.},
  keywords = {{A}ndes ; {A}zorella aretioides ; competition ; facilitation ; genetic distance ; {L}asiocephalus ovatus ; paramo ; plant functional traits ; {SLA} ; upward range ; extension ; {ANDES} ; {EQUATEUR} ; {ZONE} {TROPICALE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}lant {E}cology and {D}iversity},
  volume = {6},
  numero = {3-4},
  pages = {423--433},
  ISSN = {1755-0874},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1080/17550874.2012.702137},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061185},
}