Clonality-Climate Relationships along Latitudinal Gradient across China: Adaptation of Clonality to Environments

Duo Ye; Yukun Hu; Minghua Song; Xu Pan; Xiufang Xie; Guofang Liu; Xuehua Ye; Ming Dong

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094009

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Clonality-Climate Relationships along Latitudinal Gradient across China: Adaptation of Clonality to Environments

Duo Ye,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Yukun Hu,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Minghua Song,

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Xu Pan,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Xiufang Xie,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Guofang Liu ,

* E-mail: liugf@ibcas.ac.cn (GL); dongmingchina@126.com (MD)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Xuehua Ye,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Ming Dong

* E-mail: liugf@ibcas.ac.cn (GL); dongmingchina@126.com (MD)

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Hangzhou City for Ecosystem Protection and Restoration, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Clonality-Climate Relationships along Latitudinal Gradient across China: Adaptation of Clonality to Environments

Duo Ye,
Yukun Hu,
Minghua Song,
Xu Pan,
Xiufang Xie,
Guofang Liu,
Xuehua Ye,
Ming Dong

Published: April 7, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094009

About the Authors

Duo Ye

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Yukun Hu

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Minghua Song

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Xu Pan

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Xiufang Xie

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Guofang Liu

* E-mail: liugf@ibcas.ac.cn (GL); dongmingchina@126.com (MD)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Xuehua Ye

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Ming Dong

* E-mail: liugf@ibcas.ac.cn (GL); dongmingchina@126.com (MD)

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Hangzhou City for Ecosystem Protection and Restoration, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MD DY. Analyzed the data: DY GL XP XX YH XY. Wrote the paper: DY YH GL MD XP. Collected the data: DY XP XX MS.

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