Global patterns of plant functional traits and their relationships to climate
Most Cited Paper
in Species Distribution and Climate Change
18 Months Post-Publication
Class of 2026
“Global patterns of plant functional traits and their relationships to climate”
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Topics
plant functional traits · leaf economics spectrum · plant height · seed mass · leaf mass per area · leaf nitrogen per area · trait-climate relationships · woody deciduous plants · woody evergreen plants · non-woody plants · generalized additive model · trait covariation · global trait variation · iNaturalist citizen-science data · trait-based ecosystem modelling · multivariate analysis · leaf size · Climate change adaptation
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Pepkio Research Index (PRI). Topics and Trends in Most Cited Species Distribution and Climate Change Papers, Class of 2026. https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/species-distribution-and-climate-change/2026. Accessed 2026-07-21. Zheng Su, Tinsley Li, Thematic Shifts in Early-High-Impact Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Research: A Bibliometric and Semantic Analysis. bioRxiv 2026.07.04.736459; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.04.736459