Predicting species' range limits from functional traits for the tree flora of North America

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 13739-13744

  Stahl, Ulrike ^a   Reu, Björn ^b   Wirth, Christian ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic envelope; Climate niche; Plant geography

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEED DISPERSAL; TREE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDS; TREES;

EID: 84907203384     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1300673111     Document Type: Article

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