How does leaf morphology reflect palaeoclimate conditions? A quantitative approach tracing terrestrial climate conditions during the Palaeogene

Karolin Moraweck (a), Michaela Grein (b), Wilfried Konrad (c), Johanna Kovar-Eder (d), Lutz Kunzmann (a), Jiří Kvaˇek (e), Christoph Neinhuis (f), Anita Roth-Nebelsick (d), Madeleine Streubig (a) & Christopher Traiser (d)
(a) Museum of Mineralogy and Geology, Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, Königsbrücker Landstrasse 159, 01109 Dresden, Germany. E-mail: karolin.moraweck@senckenberg.de (b) Department of Palaeontology, State Museum of Natural History, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany. (c) Department Natural History, Übersee-Museum Bremen, Bahnhofsplatz 13, 28195 Bremen, Germany. (d) Department Palaeobiology, University of Tübingen, Hölderlinstrasse 12, 72074 Tübingen, Germany. (e) Department Palaeontology, Natural History Museum Prague, Cirkusová 1740, 193 00 Prague 9, Czech Republic. (f) Institute of Botany, Technical University of Dresden, Zellescher Weg 20 b, 01069 Dresden, Germany.