A new study led by LEMONTREE post-doc, David Sandoval, was just published in New Phytologist. It challenges a long-standing assumption used in terrestrial biosphere models that the maximum quantum yield…Read More >
Blogs
Leaf-Root Trait Decoupling in Subtropical Forests
How do plants decide where to invest their resources? Should they build tough, long-lasting leaves that conserve nutrients, or thinner leaves that grow fast and photosynthesize quickly? Should they invest…Read More >
Triple-Target Optimization: Heat as the Third Target in Plant Function
As the climate warms, understanding how plants respond to warming and particularly extreme temperature is important for predicting the future of ecosystems and the global carbon cycle. Most land surface…Read More >
Coordinated leaf trait responses to elevated CO₂: experimental evidence from crop species
In order to thrive in a changing climate, plants must adapt their physiology. These adjustments are not just about individual traits changing in isolation, plants must balance multiple processes at…Read More >
LEMONTREE AT EGU 2026
It’s almost EGU time — always a highlight of the year! And as always, the conference is set in beautiful Vienna. The team will arrive on Sunday 3rd May for…Read More >
LEMONTREE Science Meeting: Perspectives on Evapotranspiration
In March’s LEMONTREE science meeting we heard from three Early Career Researchers from our working group E: Ecohydrology on the theme of Evapotranspiration (ET). From theoretical advances in carbon–water coupling,…Read More >
Can Changing When We Plant Wheat Help Feed the Future? Insights from Eco-Evolutionary Optimality
As climate change continues to reshape agriculture, one of the biggest challenges we face is how to sustain crop production under increasingly unpredictable conditions. Wheat, which provides around a fifth…Read More >
A new explanation for how photosynthesis acclimates to warming
For decades, vegetation models have described photosynthesis using temperature response curves derived from the Farquhar model. These curves typically assume that parameters such as Vcmax and Jmax respond to temperature…Read More >
Plant Respiration: Research Updates from the LEMONTREE Science Meeting (Jan 2026)
Plant respiration is a central yet uncertain component of the terrestrial carbon cycle. While photosynthesis has received sustained theoretical and observational attention, how and why plant respiration acclimates to long-term…Read More >
Wildfires on a changing planet
Wildfires are already transforming ecosystems and societies worldwide. From record-breaking boreal fires to devastating events at the wildland–urban interface, recent years have heightened concern that fire activity will continue to…Read More >
