Moving beyond the incorrect but useful paradigm: reevaluating big-leaf and multilayer plant canopies to model biosphere-atmosphere fluxes–a review

GB Bonan, EG Patton, JJ Finnigan… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2021 - Elsevier
The land surface models that provide surface fluxes of energy and mass to the atmosphere
in weather forecast and climate models typically represent plant canopies as a homogenous …

Thermal remote sensing for plant ecology from leaf to globe

MM Farella, JB Fisher, W Jiao, KB Key… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Surface temperatures are mechanistically linked to vegetation biophysical and physiological
processes. Although remote sensing in the thermal infrared (TIR) domain can offer novel …

Tropical forests are approaching critical temperature thresholds

CE Doughty, JM Keany, BC Wiebe, C Rey-Sanchez… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The critical temperature beyond which photosynthetic machinery in tropical trees begins to
fail averages approximately 46.7° C (T crit). However, it remains unclear whether leaf …

No evidence of canopy-scale leaf thermoregulation to cool leaves below air temperature across a range of forest ecosystems

CJ Still, G Page, B Rastogi, DM Griffith… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Understanding and predicting the relationship between leaf temperature (Tleaf) and air
temperature (Tair) is essential for projecting responses to a warming climate, as studies …

Canopy temperatures strongly overestimate leaf thermal safety margins of tropical trees

OJL Manzi, M Wittemann, ME Dusenge… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Current estimates of temperature effects on plants mostly rely on air temperature, although it
can significantly deviate from leaf temperature (T leaf). To address this, some studies have …

Climate and functional traits jointly mediate tree water‐use strategies

V Flo, J Martínez‐Vilalta, M Mencuccini… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tree water use is central to plant function and ecosystem fluxes. However, it is still unknown
how organ‐level water‐relations traits are coordinated to determine whole‐tree water‐use …

High heat tolerance, evaporative cooling, and stomatal decoupling regulate canopy temperature and their safety margins in three European oak species

A Gauthey, A Kahmen, JM Limousin… - Global change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Heatwaves and soil droughts are increasing in frequency and intensity, leading many tree
species to exceed their thermal thresholds, and driving wide‐scale forest mortality …

Imaging canopy temperature: shedding (thermal) light on ecosystem processes

CJ Still, B Rastogi, GFM Page, DM Griffith… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Canopy temperature Tcan is a key driver of plant function that emerges as a result of
interacting biotic and abiotic processes and properties. However, understanding controls on …

Photosynthetic heat tolerances and extreme leaf temperatures

TM Perez, KJ Feeley - Functional Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Photosynthetic heat tolerances (PHTs) have several potential applications including
predicting which species will be most vulnerable to climate change. Given that plants exhibit …

Thermal sensitivity across forest vertical profiles: patterns, mechanisms, and ecological implications

N Vinod, M Slot, IR McGregor, EM Ordway… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rising temperatures are influencing forests on many scales, with potentially strong variation
vertically across forest strata. Using published research and new analyses, we evaluate how …