Abstract Climate change (“global warming”) is expected to exert serious negative effects on
biodiversity. Knowledge and understanding of non-anthropogenic climate changes in …

Exceeding thermal thresholds causes irreversible damage and ultimately loss of leaves. The
lowland tropics are among the warmest forested biomes, but little is known about heat …

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 change is causing more frequent and severe climatic events, such as extreme heat
and co-occurring drought, potentially accelerating tree mortality. Which tree species will …

Climate change‐related environmental stress has been recognized as a driving force in
accelerating forest mortality over the last decades in Central Europe. Here, we aim to …

One application of plant physiological heat tolerance measurements is the assessment of
vulnerability to increasing environmental temperatures under climatic change. A thermal …

Previous studies of heat tolerance of tropical trees have focused on canopy leaves exposed
to full sunlight and high temperatures. However, in lowland tropical forests with leaf area …

The threat of rising global temperatures may be especially pronounced for low‐latitude,
lowland plant species that have evolved under stable climatic conditions. However, little is …

Vertical leaf angles and their variation through time are directly related to several
ecophysiological processes and properties. However, there is no efficient method for …

Riven with scientific uncertainty, contending interests, and competing interpretations, the
problem of climate change poses an existential challenge. For India, such a challenge is …