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Article Dans Une Revue New Phytologist Année : 2005

Environmental signals from leaves – a physiognomic analysis of European vegetation

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• Leaf physiognomic traits vary predictably along climatic and environmental gradients. The relationships between leaf physiognomy and climate have been investigated on different continents, but so far an investigation based on European vegetation has been missing. • A grid data set (0.5 ↓ x 0.5 ↓ latitude/longitude) has been compiled in order to determine spatial patterns of leaf physiognomy across Europe. Based on distribution maps of native European hardwoods, synthetic chorologic flora lists were compiled for all grid cells. Every synthetic chorologic flora was characterised by 25 leaf physiognomic traits and correlated with 16 climatic parameters. • Clear spatial patterns of leaf physiognomy have been observed, which are statistically significant related to certain, temperature-related climate parameters. Transfer functions for several climatic parameters have been established, based on the observed relationships. • The study provides evidence that synthetically generated floras represent a powerful tool for analysing spatial patterns of leaf physiognomy and their relationships to climate. The transfer functions from the European data set indicate slightly different relationships of leaf physiognomy and environment compared with results obtained from other continents.

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hal-00183605 , version 1 (30-10-2007)

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Christopher Traiser, Stefan Klotz, Dieter Uhl, Volker Mosbrugger. Environmental signals from leaves – a physiognomic analysis of European vegetation. New Phytologist, 2005, 166, pp.465-484. ⟨10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01316.x⟩. ⟨hal-00183605⟩
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