… family Proteaceae … vein anatomical traits with one another across wide climatic distribution
of the species used in this study. Of note are the relationships these vein traits have with vein …

… Evidence of climatic threat to Proteaceae species across biomes in Australia ........... 22 1.2.4
Plant responses to water stress ................................................................................... 23 1.2.5 …

… form) on petiole anatomy, we first performed ordination of petiole anatomical features, using
… variation in anatomical features and to quantify the variation explained by environment and …

… in shaping species distributions across climates, yet variation … three sites characterised by
contrasting climates (warm-wet, … It has been proposed that selective pressures tend to drive …

… VPD with a modified balance between veins and stomata face higher transpiration. …
environment and, to our knowledge, no studies have investigated the development of leaf anatomical …

… images of veins for each species, and each vein image is … climate variables on anatomical
and physiological traits, we constructed linear mixed effects models for each trait and climate …

… microscopy to analyse internal leaf anatomy. Leaf microanatomical data were compared
with historical and growing season climate data extracted from PRISM spatial climate models. …

… the anatomy of the similar morphologies in the different climatic areas. Understanding the
anatomical … Although this was initially determined for Proteaceae species, does the same …

… features shared with Proteaceae and Platanaceae not only … with more temperate than tropical
climates. However, whether … > 20 bifurcating primary veins but still no central disk 15,20 . …

… We expected species of more arid climates to have smaller leaves, both to provide drought
tolerance via higher major vein density (Sack and Scoffoni, 2013) and also to contribute to …