Life history traits predict colonization and extinction lags of desert plant species since the Last Glacial Maximum

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• life history trait 91%
• Last Glacial Maximum 79%
• colonization 69%
• plant species 67%
• extinction 63%
• desert 62%
• growth form 53%
• vertebrate 29%
• shrub 29%
• seed 28%
• niche 20%
• habitat 19%
• interspecific variation 15%
• midden 14%
• seed bank 13%
• metapopulation 12%
• climate change 12%
• mass extinction 12%
• climate 11%
• Postglacial 11%
• herb 11%
• functional group 10%
• life history 10%
• turnover 9%
• North America 8%
• warming 8%
• rate 7%

Agriculture & Biology

• xerophytes 100%
• extinction 69%
• life history 61%
• seed weight 55%
• shrubs 48%
• vertebrates 42%
• interspecific variation 36%
• niches 32%
• habitats 32%
• climate change 31%
• Mojave Desert 27%
• Chihuahuan Desert 26%
• Sonoran Desert 26%
• at-risk population 21%
• global warming 19%
• herbs 17%
• climate 14%
• temperature 7%