Congrats @kalimiddleby.bsky.social on this exciting paper showing local adaptation to warm temperatures in some tropical trees - and to coauthors @drrebeccajordan.bsky.social @martinbreed.bsky.social @awcheesman.bsky.social @mrossettorecer.bsky.social @dcrayn.bsky.social
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Local Adaptation Drives Leaf Thermoregulation in Tropical Rainforest Trees
We tested whether tropical rainforest trees adjust their leaf traits and resulting leaf temperatures across their distributions within the Australian Wet Tropics. Using field measurements from across...
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Reposted by Lucas A. Cernusak
Preprint with @lucascernusak.bsky.social, @florianabusch.bsky.social and Graham Farquhar!
We show that mesophyll cell water status is the key signal regulating non-stomatal control of transpiration. We introduce a mechanistic model linking plant hydraulics and gas exchange.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
We show that mesophyll cell water status is the key signal regulating non-stomatal control of transpiration. We introduce a mechanistic model linking plant hydraulics and gas exchange.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
New paper out about functional trait variation in the canopies of the world's tropical rainforests - congrats Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez @jeaggu.bsky.social and co-authors!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Canopy functional trait variation across Earth’s tropical forests - Nature
Data from a variety of sources—including satellite, climate and soil data, as well as field-collected information on plant traits—are pooled and analysed to map the functional diversity of tropical fo...
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