Plastic Responses to Elevated Temperature in Low and High Elevation Populations of Three Grassland Species

Esther R. Frei; Jaboury Ghazoul; Andrea R. Pluess

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098677

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Plastic Responses to Elevated Temperature in Low and High Elevation Populations of Three Grassland Species

Esther R. Frei ,

* E-mail: esther.frei@slf.ch

Current address: WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland

Affiliation Department of Environmental Systems Science, Ecosystem Management, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Jaboury Ghazoul,

Affiliation Department of Environmental Systems Science, Ecosystem Management, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Andrea R. Pluess

Affiliation Department of Environmental Systems Science, Ecosystem Management, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Plastic Responses to Elevated Temperature in Low and High Elevation Populations of Three Grassland Species

Esther R. Frei,
Jaboury Ghazoul,
Andrea R. Pluess

Published: June 5, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098677

About the Authors

Esther R. Frei

* E-mail: esther.frei@slf.ch

Current address: WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland

Affiliation Department of Environmental Systems Science, Ecosystem Management, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Jaboury Ghazoul

Affiliation Department of Environmental Systems Science, Ecosystem Management, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Andrea R. Pluess

Affiliation Department of Environmental Systems Science, Ecosystem Management, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ERF ARP JG. Performed the experiments: ERF. Analyzed the data: ERF ARP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ERF ARP. Wrote the paper: ERF JG ARP.

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