Ecophysiological and bioclimatic foundations for a global plant functional classification

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 300-317

  Harrison, Sandy P ^a,b   Prentice, I Colin ^a,b   Barboni, Doris ^a,c   Kohfeld, Karen E ^a,d   Ni, Jian ^a,e   Sutra, Jean Pierre ^a,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CEREGE   (France)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^f Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Bioclimate; Chilling; Cold tolerance; Heat stress; Leaf size; Life form; Phenology; Plant functional type; Sclerophylly; Trait

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TOLERANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEAT SHOCK; LEAF; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MODEL TEST; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 77949489789     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01144.x     Document Type: Review

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