Articles | Volume 19, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-4801-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-4801-2022
Research article
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12 Oct 2022
Research article |  | 12 Oct 2022

Seed traits and phylogeny explain plants' geographic distribution

Kai Chen, Kevin S. Burgess, Fangliang He, Xiang-Yun Yang, Lian-Ming Gao, and De-Zhu Li

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Why does plants' distributional range size vary enormously? This study provides evidence that seed mass, intraspecific seed mass variation, seed dispersal mode and phylogeny contribute to explaining species distribution variation on a geographic scale. Our study clearly shows the importance of including seed life-history traits in modeling and predicting the impact of climate change on species distribution of seed plants.
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