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Strategies of a particular plant species for survival are essential to the total sum of processes leading to maintenance of the species in its ecological niche. The characteristics of the various strategies are especially determined by regular and irregular changes in environmental factors. Two mechanisms are available for the plant species to cope with these environmental changes, viz genetic variability and phenotypic flexibility of the individual plants. The genetic variability of a species offers the possibility of individual plants which are better adapted to a new environment. Genetic differentiation is a long-term response to environmental changes.
Grassland species research group, Publication no 58.
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Kuiper, D. (1983). Genetic differentiation of various physiological parameters of Plantago major and their role in strategies of adaptation to different levels of mineral nutrition. In: Sarić, M.R., Loughman, B.C. (eds) Genetic Aspects of Plant Nutrition. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6836-3_32
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