<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Branco, Sara</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Are Oaks Locally Adapted to Serpentine Soils?</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Northeastern Naturalist</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mycorrhizal fungi</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">seedling growth (PG)</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">serpentine</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://dx.doi.org/10.1656/045.016.0524</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">16</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">329 - 340</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Serpentine soils are extreme habitats known to be involved in processes of local adaptation and speciation of plants. Here I use a greenhouse reciprocal-transplant experiment to compile baseline data for describing patterns of serpentine local adaptation in Quercus ilex subsp. ballota (Holm Oak). I also tested the role of mycorrhizal fungi on the establishment and growth of seedlings on serpentine and non-serpentine soil. Non-serpentine seedlings grew more than serpentine seedlings in all treatments. Plants grew more on non-serpentine soil and mycorrhizal fungi positively influenced seedling growth. I did not find evidence of better seedling performance in their home environment, suggesting the absence of local adaptation. However, I document significant growth differences between serpentine and non-serpentine seedlings, which suggest physiological differences between seedlings from these two soil origins.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">sp5</style></issue><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">doi: 10.1656/045.016.0524doi: 10.1656/045.016.0524The following values have no corresponding Zotero field:&lt;br/&gt;publisher: Eagle Hill Institute</style></notes></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chiarucci, Alessandro</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Robinson, Brett H.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bonini, Ilaria</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Petit, Daniel</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Brooks, Robert R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dominicis, Vincenzo</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vegetation of tuscan ultramafic soils in relation to edaphic and physical factors</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Folia Geobotanica</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">canonical correspondence analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Drought</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">serpentine</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">soil features</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">species diversity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">vegetation ecology</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1998</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1998///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.springerlink.com/index/10.1007/BF02913340</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">33</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">113 - 131</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vegetation and soil sampling were carried out in 80 plots located in five different ultramafic (serpentine) sites of Tuscany, central Italy. The physical and chemical features of each plot. were determined and the species composition and cover recorded. The exchangeable fraction of soil metals was analysed because it gives a measure of their concentrations available to plants. The plots were classified by cluster analysis and ANOVA was used to compare the environmental variables of the groups of plots. Canonical correspondence analysis was used to detect the principal factors for gradients of species composition within the plant communities. A higher content of exchangeable metals was found under the more evolved and structured plant communities, suggesting that serpentine vegetation of Tuscany is not strongly limited by soil metals, such as chromium, cobalt, nickel and magnesium, typically associated with ultramafic soils. The low nutrient content of the soils and drought stress mainly due to topographical features, appear to have a more significant role in determining the typical scattered vegetation of the Tuscan ultramafics.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue></record></records></xml>