Experimental test of the ability of plants to regulate their temperatures under climate change: Using transplanted communities, thermal imaging, and arcGIS across an elevation gradient
Abstract
The question of thermoregulation in plants is increasingly important in a rapidly changing climate. Plants have long been considered poikilotherms, where internal temperatures are decided by the external environment. However, observations show that plants have some ability to thermoregulate. If plants are heterotherms, then they have the potential to be more resilient to the warming climate. This project seeks to examine thermoregulation through technology, specifically FLIR imagery. At three different sites in Washington Gulch, plants were moved to examine the effects of a warmer or cooler environment. This project will use thermal imagery on those transplants in order to study how the temperature of plant communities change when moved to a new climate.
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