Leaf shape is spectacularly diverse. As a major component of plant architecture and an
interface for light capture, gas exchange, and thermoregulation, the potential contributions of …

This paper reviews information on past vegetation of tropical Africa during the Cenozoic,
focused upon the last 10Ma, a time spanning hominid record in Central and East Africa …

Paleobotanists have long used models based on leaf size and shape to reconstruct
paleoclimate. However, most models incorporate a single variable or use traits that are not …

Fossil plants provide data on climate, community composition and structure, all of which are
relevant to the definition and recognition of biomes. Macrofossils reflect local vegetation …

The history of megathermal (currently ''tropical'') rainforests over the last 30 kyr is now
becoming relatively well-understood, as demonstrated by the many contributions in this …

Leaf teeth are conspicuous and often diagnostic features of many plant species. In mesic
environments with sufficient nutrient resources, the percentage of toothed species in extant …

Variation in the size and shape (physiognomy) of leaves has long been correlated to
climate, and paleobotanists have used these correlations to reconstruct paleo‐climate. Most …

Empirical estimates of climate parameters such as mean annual temperature (MAT) are
essential to describe both ancient climate and to ground truth climate model simulations of …

Since Darwin situated humans in an evolutionary framework, much discussion has focused
on environmental factors that may have shaped or influenced the course of human …

Leaf physiognomic traits vary predictably along climatic and environmental gradients. The
relationships between leaf physiognomy and climate have been investigated on different …