Joshi

Fakultäten » Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät » Evolutionsbiologie und Umweltwissenschaften, Institut für » Ecology & Environment » Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schmid » Joshi

Completed research project

Title / Titel	Evolutionary consequences of hybridization between a rare and a common plant species
PDF	Abstract (PDF, 14 KB)
Summary / Zusammenfassung	There is evidence that some vigorous new plant invaders are hybrids between formerly allopatric species. Hybridization and introgression may lead to higher fitness and a competitive advantage. We tested this assumption by crossing two closely related, native species (the rare Ranunculus reptans and the more common R. flammula) and compared the homoploid hybrids with their parental species for their response to different environmental treatments corresponding to different niches that R. flammula and R. reptans naturally occupy but also including new environments with strong interspecific competition currently not inhabited by either parental species.
Project leadership and contacts / Projektleitung und Kontakte	Dr. Jasmin Joshi, PhD (Project Leader) joshi@uwinst.uzh.ch Fabian Teuscher
Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch	Universität Zürich (position pursuing an academic career), No project-specific funding
In collaboration with / In Zusammenarbeit mit	Dr. Yvonne Willi, Melbourne University Australia Dr. Markus Peintinger, Radolfzell Germany
Duration of Project / Projektdauer	Mar 2005 to Dec 2008