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

  1. Daniel J. Peppe1,2,
  2. Dana L. Royer1,
  3. Bárbara Cariglino3,4,
  4. Sofia Y. Oliver1,
  5. Sharon Newman1,
  6. Elias Leight1,
  7. Grisha Enikolopov1,
  8. Margo Fernandez-Burgos1,
  9. Fabiany Herrera5,
  10. Jonathan M. Adams6,
  11. Edwin Correa7,
  12. Ellen D. Currano8,
  13. J. Mark Erickson9,
  14. Luis Felipe Hinojosa10,
  15. John W. Hoganson11,
  16. Ari Iglesias12,
  17. Carlos A. Jaramillo7,
  18. Kirk R. Johnson13,
  19. Gregory J. Jordan14,
  20. Nathan J. B. Kraft15,
  21. Elizabeth C. Lovelock16,17,
  22. Christopher H. Lusk18,
  23. Ülo Niinemets19,
  24. Josep Peñuelas20,
  25. Gillian Rapson21,
  26. Scott L. Wing22,
  27. Ian J. Wright18

Article first published online: 5 FEB 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03615.x

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New Phytologist

New Phytologist

Volume 190, Issue 3, pages 724–739, May 2011

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Peppe, D. J., Royer, D. L., Cariglino, B., Oliver, S. Y., Newman, S., Leight, E., Enikolopov, G., Fernandez-Burgos, M., Herrera, F., Adams, J. M., Correa, E., Currano, E. D., Erickson, J. M., Hinojosa, L. F., Hoganson, J. W., Iglesias, A., Jaramillo, C. A., Johnson, K. R., Jordan, G. J., Kraft, N. J. B., Lovelock, E. C., Lusk, C. H., Niinemets, Ü., Peñuelas, J., Rapson, G., Wing, S. L. and Wright, I. J. (2011), Sensitivity of leaf size and shape to climate: global patterns and paleoclimatic applications. New Phytologist, 190: 724–739. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03615.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Geology, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA

  3. 3

    Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA

  4. 4

    Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘B. Rivadavia’, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  5. 5

    Florida Museum of Natural History and Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA

  6. 6

    Department of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151, Korea

  7. 7

    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado Postal 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Panama

  8. 8

    Department of Geology, Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, OH 45056, USA

  9. 9

    Department of Geology, St Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, USA

  10. 10

    Faculty of Science, University of Chile, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Santiago, Chile

  11. 11

    North Dakota Geological Survey, Bismarck, ND 58505, USA

  12. 12

    Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 1900 La Plata, Argentina

  13. 13

    Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO 80205, USA

  14. 14

    School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 55, Hobart 7001, Tas., Australia

  15. 15

    Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

  16. 16

    John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, National Parks Service, Kimberly, OR 97848, USA

  17. 17

    Department of Earth Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA

  18. 18

    Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia

  19. 19

    Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu 51014, Estonia

  20. 20

    Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CEAB-CSIC, Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

  21. 21

    Ecology Group, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand

  22. 22

    Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013, USA

*Author for correspondence: Daniel J. Peppe Tel: +1 254 7102629 Email: daniel_peppe@baylor.edu

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 18 APR 2011
  2. Article first published online: 5 FEB 2011
  3. Received: 4 August 2010, Accepted: 23 November 2010

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Fig. S1 Relationship between site-mean leaf area and mean annual temperature for all calibration sites.

Fig. S2 Correlation between the percent of untoothed species in a flora and mean annual temperature for edaphically wet and dry sites.

Fig. S3 Relationship between site-mean leaf physiognomy and mean annual temperature for sites along local water availability gradients.

Fig. S4 Canonical correspondence analysis plot of all calibration and fossil sites based on leaf physiognomy.

Fig. S5 Box-and-whisker plots of leaf mass per area for nine of the 10 fossil floras used in study.

Fig. S6 Box-and-whisker plots of number of teeth to internal perimeter and Feret’s diameter ratio for all fossil floras, except Bonanza.

Table S1 Climate variables and site-mean physiognomic variables for all calibration sites

Table S2 Definitions of physiognomic and climatic variables used in study

Table S3 Correlations between site-mean physiognomic variables and climate variables

Table S4 Physiognomic scores for specimens from calibration sites

Table S5 Regression models for predicting mean annual temperature and precipitation for 92 calibration sites using all physiognomic variables

Table S6 Site-mean physiognomic variables for fossil sites

Table S7 Physiognomic scores for specimens from fossil sites

Notes S1 Geography and sampling methods for calibration sites.

Methods S1 Protocol for digitally processing fossil leaves.

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