Leaf Shape Responds to Temperature but Not CO2 in Acer rubrum 英文参考文献.docVIP

LeafShapeRespondstoTemperaturebutNotCO2in Acerrubrum DanaL.Royer* DepartmentofEarthandEnvironmentalSciences,WesleyanUniversity,Middletown,Connecticut,UnitedStatesofAmerica Abstract Thedegreeofleafdissectionandthepresenceofleafteeth,alongwithtoothsizeandabundance,inverselycorrelatewith meanannualtemperature(MAT)acrossmanyplantcommunities.Theserelationshipsformthecoreofseveralmethodsfor reconstructingMATfromfossils,yetthedirectselectionoftemperatureontoothmorphologyhasnotbeendemonstrated experimentally. It is also not known if atmospheric CO2 concentration affects leaf shape, limiting confiden