Plants originating from more extreme biomes have improved leaf thermoregulation
Our findings suggest that plants originating from more extreme biomes have innately greater scope for thermoregulation, especially desert plants, which could better counter the risk of reaching excess temperatures at the cost of higher water loss. Leaf thermoregulation is a complex plant-environment interaction, and our work contributes to the development of more accurate predictions of leaf temperature during heat exposure across diverse species and biomes.
Authors
- Pieter A. Arnold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6158-7752)
- Adrienne B. Nicotra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6578-369X)
- Verónica F. Briceño (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7795-0536)
- Andrea Leigh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3568-2606)
- Alicia M. Cook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3594-3220)
- M. J. D. White
Institutions
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- Australian National University (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Botany
- Published
- 2025-05-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf080
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.42
Funders
- Australian National University