Plant life‐forms characterize key morphological strategies that enable large‐scale comparisons of plant communities. This study applies Raunkiær's plant life‐form concept that was developed for temperate climate to a subtropical island flora, in parts, dominated by summer aridity. We quantify how plant life‐form patterns as well as patterns of important plant functional traits (PFTs) relate to important climate and topographic characteristics.

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气候控制高海拔海洋岛屿上植物的生命形态

植物生命形式是关键形态策略的特征，这些策略可以对植物群落进行大规模比较。这项研究将为适应温带气候而开发的Raunkiær的植物生命形式概念应用于亚热带岛屿植物区系，部分地区以夏季干旱为主导。我们量化植物的生命形态模式以及重要的植物功能性状（PFT）模式与重要的气候和地形特征之间的关系。