02779naa a2200769 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400270006010000170008724501020010426000090020652008140021565000120102965000160104165000100105765000110106765000160107865300100109470000190110470000180112370000220114170000160116370000190117970000130119870000150121170000150122670000190124170000140126070000130127470000160128770000230130370000260132670000200135270000140137270000180138670000200140470000210142470000210144570000200146670000160148670000210150270000170152370000150154070000170155570000200157270000120159270000180160470000190162270000140164170000170165570000180167270000170169070000170170770000160172470000270174070000260176770000180179370000190181170000230183070000150185370000150186870000180188370000140190170000140191570000180192977300620194720112862015-03-12       2014    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.1111/jvs.121902DOI1 aMOLES, A. T.  aWhich is a better predictor of plant traitsbtemperature or precipitation?h[electronic resource]  c2014  aQuestion: Are plant traits more closely correlated with mean annual temperature, or with mean annual precipitation? Location: Global. Methods: We quantified the strength of the relationships between temperature and precipitation and 21 plant traits from 447,961 species-site combinations worldwide. We used meta-analysis to provide an overall answer to our question. Results: Mean annual temperature was significantly more strongly correlated with plant traits than was mean annual precipitation. Conclusions: Our study provides support for some of the assumptions of classical vegetation theory, and points to many interesting directions for future research. The relatively low R2 values for precipitation might reflect the weak link between mean annual precipitation and the availability of water to plants.  aclimate  atemperature  aClima  aPlanta  aTemperatura  aPlant1 aPERKINS, S. E.1 aLAFFAN, S. W.1 aFLORES-MORENO, H.1 aAWASTHY, M.1 aTINDALL, M. L.1 aSACK, L.1 aPITMAN, A.1 aKATTGE, J.1 aAARSSEN, L. W.1 aANAND, M.1 aBAHN, M.1 aBLONDER, B.1 aCAVENDER-BARES, J.1 aCORNELISSEN, J. H. C.1 aCORNWELL, W. K.1 aDÍAZ, S.1 aDICKIE, J. B.1 aFRESCHET, G. T.1 aGRIFFITHS, J. G.1 aGUTIERREZ, A. G.1 aHEMMINGS, F. A.1 aHICKLER, T.1 aHITCHCOCK, T. D.1 aKEIGHERY, M.1 aKLEYER, M.1 aKUROKAWA, H.1 aLEISHMAN, M. R.1 aLIU, K.1 aNIINEMETS, U.1 aONIPCHENKO, V.1 aONODA, Y.1 aPENUELAS, J.1 aPILLAR, V. D.1 aREICH, P. B.1 aSHIODERA, S.1 aSIEFERT, A.1 aSOSINSKI JUNIOR, E. E.1 aSOUDZILOVSKAIA, N. A.1 aSWAINE, E. K.1 aSWENSON, N. G.1 aVAN BODEGOM, P. M.1 aWARMAN, L.1 aWEIHER, E.1 aWRIGHT, I. J.1 aZHANG, H.1 aZOBEL, M.1 aBONSER, S. P.  tJournal of Vegetation Sciencegv. 25, p. 1167-1180, 2014.