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. 2015 Jun 10;13(6):e1002166. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002166

Fig 1. Many terrestrial ecosystems are vulnerable to losses in plant primary production, because of reductions in the number of days when climatic variables are suitable for plant growth.

Fig 1

Higher latitudes will gain suitable climate days because of warming, but such gains cannot be fully capitalized because of lack of solar radiation. In turn, tropical ecosystems will lose climate days because of warming and drought. Image credit: Arthur Belala, United States Army Corps of Engineers