Sensitivity of leaf size and shape to climate: Global patterns and paleoclimatic applications

New Phytologist

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 724-739

  Peppe, Daniel J ^a,b   Royer, Dana L ^a   Cariglino, Bárbara ^c,d   Oliver, Sofia Y ^a   Newman, Sharon ^a   Leight, Elias ^a   Enikolopov, Grisha ^a   Fernandez Burgos, Margo ^a   Herrera, Fabiany ^e   Adams, Jonathan M ^f   Correa, Edwin ^g   Currano, Ellen D ^h   Erickson, J Mark ⁱ   Hinojosa, Luis Felipe ^j   Hoganson, John W ^k   Iglesias, Ari ^l   Jaramillo, Carlos A ^g   Johnson, Kirk R ^m   Jordan, Gregory J ⁿ   Kraft, Nathan J B ^o   Lovelock, Elizabeth C ^p,q   Lusk, Christopher H ^r   Niinemets, Ülo ^s   Peñuelas, Josep ^t   Rapson, Gillian ^u   Wing, Scott L ^v   Wright, Ian J ^r   more..

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^g SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^h MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^k North Dakota Geological Survey   (United States)

^l FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^m DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^p John Day Fossil Beds National Monument   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^r MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^s ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^t UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^u MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^v DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Climate proxies; Leaf lifespan; Leaf physiognomy; Paleobotany; Paleoclimate; Phylogeny; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CORRELATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOSSIL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PHYLOGENY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGAN SIZE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79954600329     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03615.x     Document Type: Article

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