Inferring climate from angiosperm leaf venation networks

New Phytologist

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 116-126

  Blonder, Benjamin ^a,b,c   Enquist, Brian J ^a,b,d  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional trait; Leaf hydraulics; Leaf venation network; Paleoclimate reconstruction; Vein density

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CLIMATE VARIATION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LEAF; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; TRANSLOCATION;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

WATER;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOSPERM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANGIOSPERMS; CLIMATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER;

EID: 84906794216     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12780     Document Type: Article

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