Environmental signals from leaves - A physiognomic analysis of European vegetation

New Phytologist

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 465-484

  Traiser, Christopher ^a   Klotz, Stefan ^a,b   Uhl, Dieter ^a   Mosbrugger, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental gradients; Leaf physiognomy; Spatial pattern; Synthetic chorologic floras; Transfer functions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17644375435     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01316.x     Document Type: Article

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