title: Urban Plantings: 'Living Laboratories' for Climate Change Response.
abstract: Urban plantings are not only valuable resources for understanding 'urban plant physiology' but are 'living laboratories' for understanding plant response to climate change. Therefore, we encourage researchers who currently work in natural ecosystems to consider how urban plantings could enhance their research into plant physiological responses to a changing climate.
authors.affiliation: School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia. Electronic address: c.farrell@unimelb.edu.au.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Farrell
authors.affiliation: School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Szota
authors.affiliation: School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia.
authors.forename: Stefan K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Arndt
mesh_terms: D002958:City Planning; D057231:Climate Change; D017753:Ecosystem; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010944:Plants
keywords: climate change; drought; green roof; plasticity; trait; urban plant physiology