Access
To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment (see right).
News and Views
Nature 454, 422-423 (24 July 2008) | doi:10.1038/454422a; Published online 23 July 2008
nature jobs
Assistant Editor - Nature Biotechnology
- Nature Publishing Group
- New York, NY
Professorships
- Ruhr University Bochum
- Bochum 44780 Germany
Ecology: Forest air conditioning
F. I. Woodward1
Abstract
During the growing season, with photosynthesis at its peak, leaf temperatures remain constant over a wide latitudinal range. This is a finding that overturns a common assumption and has various ramifications.
The wood laid down as tree rings is rich in environmental information. The rings provide measures of annual growth.
- F. I. Woodward is in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
Email: f.i.woodward@sheffield.ac.uk
To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment (see right).
MORE ARTICLES LIKE THIS
These links to content published by NPG are automatically generated.
NEWS AND VIEWS
Plant growth and CO 2 historyNature News and Views (18 Jun 1987)
Palaeoclimatology The woods fill up with snowNature News and Views (27 Apr 2006)
See all 8 matches for News And ViewsRESEARCH
Subtropical to boreal convergence of tree-leaf temperaturesNature Letters to Editor (24 Jul 2008)
An explanation of 13 C/ 12 C variations in tree ringsNature Article (06 May 1982)
See all 13 matches for Research