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Rapid leaf trait response to growing-season meteorology in Vitis: Implications for leaf physiognomic paleoclimate reconstructions

Aly Baumgartner, Michaela Donahoo, Daniel H. Chitwood, Daniel J. Peppe
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/706770
Aly Baumgartner
Terrestrial Paleoclimate Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
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  • For correspondence: aly_baumgartner@baylor.edu
Michaela Donahoo
Department of Geological Sciences, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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Daniel H. Chitwood
Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USADepartment of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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Daniel J. Peppe
Terrestrial Paleoclimate Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY The size and shape (physiognomy) of woody, dicotyledonous angiosperm leaves are correlated with climate and these relationships have been used to develop. proxies. These proxies assume that leaf morphology plastically responds to meteorological conditions and that leaf traits change isometrically through development.

METHODS We used Digital Leaf Physiognomy (DiLP) to measure leaf characters of multiple Vitis species from the USDA Germplasm Repository in Geneva, NY from the 2012-2013 and 2014-2015 growing seasons. These growing seasons had different temperature and precipitation.

KEY RESULTS We found three primary results: (1) there were predictable significant differences in leaf characters in leaves of different developmental stages along the vine, (2) there were significant differences in leaf characters in leaves of the same developmental stage between the growing seasons, and (3) there were significant differences in leaf characters between growing seasons.

CONCLUSIONS We found that Vitis leaf shape had the strongest relationship with growing season meteorological conditions in taxa growing in their native range. In addition, leaves have variable phenotypic plasticity along the vine. We interpret that the meteorological signal was strongest in those leaves that have completed allometric expansion. This is significant for leaf physiognomic-paleoclimate proxies because these leaves are most likely to be preserved in leaf litter and reflect the type of leaves included in paleoclimate reconstructions. We found that leaf development does have the potential to be a confounding factor, but it is unlikely to exert a significant influence on analysis due to differential preservation potential.

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  • Vitis leaf trait response to meteorological changes

  • https://dataverse.tdl.org/dataverse/VitisLeaf

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Aly Baumgartner, Michaela Donahoo, Daniel H. Chitwood, Daniel J. Peppe
bioRxiv 706770; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/706770
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Rapid leaf trait response to growing-season meteorology in Vitis: Implications for leaf physiognomic paleoclimate reconstructions
Aly Baumgartner, Michaela Donahoo, Daniel H. Chitwood, Daniel J. Peppe
bioRxiv 706770; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/706770

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