Warming puts the squeeze on photosynthesis - Lessons from tropical trees

Abstract

Tropical forests are regions of relative thermal stability and so, although equatorial regions are expected to experience less climate warming than the global average in coming years, tropical trees might be more vulnerable to change. But are they? In this issue of Journal of Experimental Botany, Slot and Winter (2017) provide one of the most comprehensive studies on thermal acclimation of tropical trees to date.