Consistent temperature dependence of respiration across ecosystems contrasting in thermal history

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1300-1311

  Perkins, Daniel M ^a   Yvon Durocher, Gabriel ^a   Demars, Benoît O L ^b   Reiss, Julia ^c   Pichler, Doris E ^a   Friberg, Nikolai ^b,d   Trimmer, Mark ^a   Woodward, Guy ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Community composition; Ecosystem functioning; Geothermal streams; Global warming; Metabolic theory of ecology; Respiration; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; METABOLISM; RESPIRATION;

EID: 84858449874     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02597.x     Document Type: Article

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