Commercial Harvesting Has Driven the Evolution of Camouflage in an Alpine Plant.

Niu, Yang; Stevens, Martin; Sun, Hang

Niu, Yang; Stevens, Martin; Sun, Hang.

Affiliation

Niu Y; CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, 650201, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Stevens M; Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn TR10 9FE, UK. Electronic address: martin.stevens@exeter.ac.uk.
Sun H; CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, 650201, Kunming, Yunnan, China. Electronic address: sunhang@mail.kib.ac.cn.

Curr Biol ; 31(2): 446-449.e4, 2021 01 25.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33220721

Subject(s)

Biological Mimicry/physiology; Fritillaria/physiology; Plants, Medicinal/physiology; Color; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Phytotherapy; Pigmentation/physiology; Plant Leaves/physiology

Key words

Fritillaria; adaptive coloration; alpine plant; anthropogenic impacts; camouflage; citizen science; local adaptation; plant defense

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Traditional Medicines: Medicinas_tradicionales_de_asia / Medicina_china Therapeutic Methods and Therapies TCIM: Terapias_biologicas / Plantas_medicinales Main subject: Plants, Medicinal / Fritillaria / Biological Mimicry Type of study: Diagnostic_studies Language: En Journal: Curr Biol Year: 2021 Type: Article Affiliation country: China

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