Amazon rainforests are rejuvenating their canopies by producing more photosynthetically efficient young leaves under climate change

Xueqin Yang; Jie Tian; Philippe Ciais; Liming Zhou; Peter B. Reich; Jin Wu; Jiali Shang; Jérôme Chave; Julien Lamour; Isabelle Maréchaux; Yongshuo H. Fu; Jing Ming Chen; Jane Liu; Shengli Tao; Xiangming Xiao; Xiangtao Xu; Yongxian Su; Haicheng Zhang; Zaichun Zhu; Yao Zhang; Dalei Hao; Lei Chen; Qiang Liu; Raffaele Lafortezza; Kai Yan; Peng Li; Xing Li; Patrick Meir; Hui Liu; Damien Bonal; Bruce W. Nelson; Hao Tang; Jingrui Wang; Kailiang Yu; Wenping Yuan; Shuo Wang; Xiuzhi Chen

doi:10.1038/s41477-026-02240-9

Amazon rainforests are rejuvenating their canopies by producing more photosynthetically efficient young leaves under climate change

Xueqin Yang
, Jie Tian
, Philippe Ciais
, Liming Zhou
, Peter B. Reich
, Jin Wu
, Jiali Shang
, Jérôme Chave
, Julien Lamour
, Isabelle Maréchaux
, Yongshuo H. Fu
, Jing Ming Chen
, Jane Liu
, Shengli Tao
, Xiangming Xiao
, Xiangtao Xu
, Yongxian Su
, Haicheng Zhang
, Zaichun Zhu
, Yao Zhang

Dalei Hao, Lei Chen, Qiang Liu, Raffaele Lafortezza, Kai Yan, Peng Li, Xing Li, Patrick Meir, Hui Liu, Damien Bonal, Bruce W. Nelson, Hao Tang, Jingrui Wang, Kailiang Yu, Wenping Yuan, Shuo Wang, Xiuzhi Chen

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	520-531
Journal	Nature Plants
Volume	12
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-026-02240-9
Publication status	Published - 9 Mar 2026

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Yang, X., Tian, J., Ciais, P., Zhou, L., Reich, P. B., Wu, J., Shang, J., Chave, J., Lamour, J., Maréchaux, I., Fu, Y. H., Chen, J. M., Liu, J., Tao, S., Xiao, X., Xu, X., Su, Y., Zhang, H., Zhu, Z., ... Chen, X. (2026). Amazon rainforests are rejuvenating their canopies by producing more photosynthetically efficient young leaves under climate change. Nature Plants, 12(3), 520-531. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-026-02240-9

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