Leaf heat tolerance of 147 tropical forest species varies with
elevation and leaf functional traits, but not with phylogeny
Running head: heat tolerance of tropical forest plants
Martijn Slot1, Daniela Cala1, Jorge
Aranda1, Aurelio Virgo1, Sean T.
Michaletz2, Klaus Winter1
1Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado
Postal 0843-03092, Panama City, Republic of Panama
2Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research
Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Corresponding author: Martijn Slot. Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute, Apartado Postal 0843-03092, Panama City, Republic of Panama.
Email: slotm@si.edu