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Leaf Temperatures and Physiological Vulnerability of a Tropical Forest in Western Ghats

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dc.contributor.advisor BARUA, DEEPAK
dc.contributor.advisor Gloor, Emanuel
dc.contributor.author JAVAD, AKHIL
dc.date.accessioned 2024-01-16T05:28:55Z
dc.date.available 2024-01-16T05:28:55Z
dc.date.issued 2024-01
dc.identifier.citation 88 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dr.iiserpune.ac.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/8399
dc.description.abstract Global surface temperatures are increasing, and extreme weather events like heat waves are becoming more frequent and intense, posing a threat to the functioning and dynamics of tropical forests around the world. The study reports long-term, high-resolution leaf temperatures data to discuss the exceedences and continuous exposure times above physiological thermal thresholds, and further expands to evaluate potential heat-induced damages post a hot and dry period and understand the overall vulnerability of a tropical forest in Western Ghats. The leaves are consistently approaching and exceeding CO2 assimilation thresholds spending considerable amounts of time under non-optimal temperatures. Average continuous times of exposure above T50 - temperature at which Photosystem II quantum yield reduces to 50% - are not yet suggestive of prevalence of irreversible damages. Estimates of thermal safety margins for 55 species using the leaf energy budget model were able to identify species that are likely to be vulnerable under current and future climate conditions. The results suggest that there is large variation in how vulnerable physiological function is to extreme temperautres, some species may be particularly sensitive to heat induced damages in future climates with increased global temperatures. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Grant numbered NE/R005079/1 from Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Climate change en_US
dc.subject Tropical forests en_US
dc.subject Photosynthesis en_US
dc.subject Leaf temperature en_US
dc.subject Thermo-tolerance en_US
dc.title Leaf Temperatures and Physiological Vulnerability of a Tropical Forest in Western Ghats en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
dc.description.embargo One Year en_US
dc.type.degree BS-MS en_US
dc.contributor.department Dept. of Biology en_US
dc.contributor.registration 20181049 en_US


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    Thesis submitted to IISER Pune in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the BS-MS Dual Degree Programme/MSc. Programme/MS-Exit Programme

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