Climate change is drying out canopy plants—that could mean less water for the entire rainforest
Climate change is drying out canopy plants-that could mean less water for the entire rainforestEcophysiologists have started to uncover the outsized role of epiphytes in moving water through tropical forests, even as these orchids and ferns dry up.
Authors
- Amy McDermott
Publication Details
- Journal
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2024-08-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2415456121
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.28