Sensitivity of leaf size and shape to climate within Acer rubrum and Quercus kelloggii

New Phytologist

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 808-817

  Royer, Dana L ^a   McElwain, Jennifer C ^b   Adams, Jonathan M ^c   Wilf, Peter ^d  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer rubrum (red maple); Climate; Leaf physiognomy; Leaf teeth; Paleoclimate; Quercus kelloggii (California black oak)

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS TREE; ELEVATION; LEAF AREA; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIZE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ACER; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TEMPERATURE;

ACER; BODY PATTERNING; PLANT LEAVES; QUERCUS; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; QUERCUS KELLOGGII;

EID: 48249113708     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02496.x     Document Type: Article

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