Towards an understanding of the latitudinal patterns in thermal tolerance and vulnerability of woody plants under climate warming

Predicting spatial patterns in thermal tolerance and vulnerability of species under climate warming remains a challenge. Current knowledge is mainly from experiment‐based thermal physiology of limited numbers of ectotherms, yet large‐scale evaluations on plants remain elusive. Here, using distribution maps with spatial resolutions of 20 × 20 km for 5628 woody species in China, we propose a novel approach, i.e. thermal distribution curves, to...