“We know that the moist tropics in #Australia occupy a bit of a warmer,drier #climate space than tropical forests on other continents, and therefore it might serve as a future analog for what tropical #forests will experience in other parts of the world.”

#ProfAdrienneNicotra from the Australian National University,a co-author of the study, said it remained to be seen whether Australia’s tropical forests were a harbinger for other tropical forests globally and further research was needed.

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