Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments

Amy E. Zanne (), David C. Tank, William K. Cornwell, Jonathan M. Eastman, Stephen A. Smith, Richard G. FitzJohn, Daniel J. McGlinn, Brian C. O’Meara, Angela T. Moles, Peter B. Reich, Dana L. Royer, Douglas E. Soltis, Peter F. Stevens, Mark Westoby, Ian J. Wright, Lonnie Aarssen, Robert I. Bertin, Andre Calaminus, Rafaël Govaerts, Frank Hemmings, Michelle R. Leishman, Jacek Oleksyn, Pamela S. Soltis, Nathan G. Swenson, Laura Warman and Jeremy M. Beaulieu
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Amy E. Zanne: George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA
David C. Tank: University of Idaho
William K. Cornwell: Systems Ecology, de Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Jonathan M. Eastman: University of Idaho
Stephen A. Smith: University of Michigan
Richard G. FitzJohn: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z4, Canada
Daniel J. McGlinn: Utah State University
Brian C. O’Meara: University of Tennessee
Angela T. Moles: Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales
Peter B. Reich: University of Minnesota
Dana L. Royer: Wesleyan University
Douglas E. Soltis: University of Florida
Peter F. Stevens: University of Missouri—St Louis
Mark Westoby: Macquarie University
Ian J. Wright: Macquarie University
Lonnie Aarssen: Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
Robert I. Bertin: College of the Holy Cross
Andre Calaminus: University of Florida
Rafaël Govaerts: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, United Kingdom
Frank Hemmings: Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales
Michelle R. Leishman: Macquarie University
Jacek Oleksyn: University of Minnesota
Pamela S. Soltis: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Nathan G. Swenson: Evolutionary Biology and Behavior, Program, Michigan State University
Laura Warman: Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales
Jeremy M. Beaulieu: National Institute for Mathematical & Biological Synthesis, University of Tennessee

Nature, 2014, vol. 506, issue 7486, 89-92

Abstract: This large comparative phylogenetic study across angiosperms shows that species that are herbaceous or have small conduits evolved these traits before colonizing environments with freezing conditions, whereas deciduous species changed their climate niche before becoming deciduous.

Date: 2014
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