Figure 2: Latitudinal gradients in functional diversity for six orders of European angiosperms. | Scientific Reports

Figure 2: Latitudinal gradients in functional diversity for six orders of European angiosperms.

From: Consistent role of Quaternary climate change in shaping current plant functional diversity patterns across European plant orders

Figure 2

Distributions show the functional richness (left) and dispersion (right) of the trait space described by all species within each of the six evaluated orders for 1-degree latitudinal bands. Represented values are the per-grid mean from ten functional diversity estimates (see Methods). Assessed orders are illustrated with different colours. Dashed black line represents the 46°N latitude, which marks an estimate of the maximum northern limit of temperate tree full-glacial refugia1,25.

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