A new study suggests leaves in forest canopies are not able to cool themselves below the surrounding air temperature, likely meaning trees' ability to avoid damaging temperature increases, and to pull ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Plants across diverse biomes tend to produce smaller leaves and a reduced total leaf area when exposed to drought. For mature trees of a ...

Leaves are vital trees organs that support many important functions. A recent study published in PNAS found that each tree species in tropical rainforests possesses distinctive bacterial communities – ...

Ting Wu, Chao Qu, Yiyong Li, Xu Li, Guoyi Zhou, Shizhong Liu, Guowei Chu, Ze Meng, Zhiyang Lie, Juxiu Liu Plant Ecology, Vol. 220, No. 7/8 (JULY-AUGUST 2019), pp. 663-674 (12 pages) Global warming ...

Scientists have modified chlorophyll from an alga so that it resembles the extremely efficient light antennae of bacteria. The team was then able to determine the structure of these light antennae.

Observations of insects and their feeding marks on leaves in modern forests confirm indications from fossil leaf deposits that the diversity of chewing damage relates directly to diversity of the ...

Leaf-rolling caterpillars, widely considered pests in many parts of the world, actually play a crucial role in forest ecosystems by building shelters used by hundreds of other insect species, a new ...