[43] If local adaptation is defined simply as a home site advantage of one population (local sources outperform foreign sources at a common site), it can be tested for using common garden experiments,...[43] If local adaptation is defined simply as a home site advantage of one population (local sources outperform foreign sources at a common site), it can be tested for using common garden experiments, where multiple source populations are grown in a common site, as long as one of the source populations is local to that site.
An adaptation is a heritable trait that has evolved through natural selection. Adaptation is closely related to biological fitness, which governs the rate of evolution as measured by change in gene f...An adaptation is a heritable trait that has evolved through natural selection. Adaptation is closely related to biological fitness, which governs the rate of evolution as measured by change in gene frequencies. Often, two or more species co-adapt and co-evolve as they develop adaptations that interlock with those of the other species, such as with flowering plants and pollinating insects.
