Which is a better predictor of plant traits: Temperature or precipitation?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1167-1180

  Moles, Angela T ^a   Perkins, Sarah E ^a   Laffan, Shawn W ^a   Flores Moreno, Habacuc ^a   Awasthy, Monica ^a   Tindall, Marianne L ^a   Sack, Lawren ^b   Pitman, Andy ^a   Kattge, Jens ^c,d   Aarssen, Lonnie W ^e   Anand, Madhur ^f   Bahn, Michael ^g   Blonder, Benjamin ^h   Cavender Bares, Jeannine ⁱ   Cornelissen, J Hans C ^j   Cornwell, Will K ^a   Díaz, Sandra ^k   Dickie, John B ^l   Freschet, Grégoire T ^m   Griffiths, Joshua G ^a   Gutierrez, Alvaro G ^n,o   Hemmings, Frank A ^a   Hickler, Thomas ^p,q   Hitchcock, Timothy D ^a   Keighery, Matthew ^a   Kleyer, Michael ^r   Kurokawa, Hiroko ^s   Leishman, Michelle R ^t   Liu, Kenwin ^l   Niinemets, Ülo ^u   Onipchenko, Vladimir ^v   Onoda, Yusuke ^w   Penuelas, Josep ^x   Pillar, Valério D ^y   Reich, Peter B ^i,z   Shiodera, Satomi ^aa   Siefert, Andrew ^ab   Sosinski, Enio E ^ac   Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A ^j,ad   Swaine, Emily K ^ae   Swenson, Nathan G ^af   van Bodegom, Peter M ^j   Warman, Laura ^a   Weiher, Evan ^ag   Wright, Ian J ^t   Zhang, Hongxiang ^a   Zobel, Martin ^ah   Bonser, Stephen P ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^h University of Arizona   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^j VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^l ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^m CNRS   (France)

ⁿ ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^o UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^p SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^q GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^s TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^t MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^u University of Life Science   (Estonia)

^v MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^w KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^x CREAF   (Spain)

^y FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^z WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^aa HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ab SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ac EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^af MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

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Author keywords

Climate; Compound leaves; Dispersal syndrome; Functional traits; Leaf life span; Nitrogen fixation; Photosynthetic pathway; Plant height; Plant life span; Seed mass; Specific leaf area; Spinescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919391484     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12190     Document Type: Article

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