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Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	Global patterns in plant height (2009)
Auteurs :	Angela T. Moles, Auteur ; David I. Warton, Auteur ; Laura Warman, Auteur ; Nathan G. Swenson, Auteur ; Shawn W. Laffan, Auteur ; Amy E. Zanne, Auteur ; Andy Pitman, Auteur ; Frank A. Hemmings, Auteur ; Michelle R. Leishman, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Journal of Ecology (97(5) SEP 2009)
Article en page(s) :	923-932
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	P> Plant height is a central part of plant ecological strategy. It is strongly correlated with life span, seed mass and time to maturity, and is a major determinant of a species' ability to compete for light. Plant height is also related to critical ecosystem variables such as animal diversity and carbon storage capacity. However, remarkably little is known about global patterns in plant height. Here, we use maximum height data for 7084 plant Species x Site combinations to provide the first global, cross-species quantification of the latitudinal gradient in plant height. The mean maximum height of species growing within 15 degrees of the equator (7.8 m) was 29 times greater than the height of species between

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