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 …

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 …

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 …

Global climatic drivers of leaf size

IJ Wright, N Dong, V Maire, IC Prentice, M Westoby… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Leaf size varies by over a 100,000-fold among species worldwide. Although 19th-century
plant geographers noted that the wet tropics harbor plants with exceptionally large leaves …

Components of leaf‐trait variation along environmental gradients

N Dong, IC Prentice, IJ Wright, BJ Evans… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Leaf area (LA), mass per area (LMA), nitrogen per unit area (Narea) and the leaf‐internal to
ambient CO2 ratio (χ) are fundamental traits for plant functional ecology and vegetation …

Divergent response and adaptation of specific leaf area to environmental change at different spatio‐temporal scales jointly improve plant survival

Z Liu, M Zhao, H Zhang, T Ren, C Liu… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Specific leaf area (SLA) is one of the most important plant functional traits. It integrates
multiple functions and reflects strategies of plants to obtain resources. How plants employ …

Leaf morphological traits as adaptations to multiple climate gradients

H Wang, R Wang, SP Harrison… - Journal of Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Leaf morphological traits vary systematically along climatic gradients. However, recent
studies in plant functional ecology have mainly analysed quantitative traits, while numerical …

Climate factors determine the utilization strategy of forest plant resources at large scales

J Wang, X Wang, Y Ji, J Gao - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plant functional traits are a representation of plant resource utilization strategies. Plants with
higher specific leaf area (SLA) and lower leaf dry matter content (LDMC) exhibit faster …

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 …

Differences in leaf thermoregulation and water use strategies between three co‐occurring Atlantic forest tree species

S Fauset, HC Freitas, DR Galbraith… - Plant, cell & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Given anticipated climate changes, it is crucial to understand controls on leaf temperatures
including variation between species in diverse ecosystems. In the first study of leaf energy …