Thermal optimality of net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide and underlying mechanisms

New Phytologist

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 775-783

  Niu, Shuli ^a   Luo, Yiqi ^a,b   Fei, Shenfeng ^a   Yuan, Wenping ^c   Schimel, David ^d   Law, Beverly E ^e   Ammann, Christof ^f   Altaf Arain, M ^g   Arneth, Almut ^h,i   Aubinet, Marc ^j   Barr, Alan ^k   Beringer, Jason ^l   Bernhofer, Christian ^m   Andrew Black, T ⁿ   Buchmann, Nina ^o   Cescatti, Alessandro ^p   Chen, Jiquan ^q   Davis, Kenneth J ^r   Dellwik, Ebba ^s   Desai, Ankur R ^t   Etzold, Sophia ^o   Francois, Louis ^j   Gianelle, Damiano ^u   Gielen, Bert ^v   Goldstein, Allen ^w   Groenendijk, Margriet ^x   Gu, Lianhong ^y   Hanan, Niall ^z   Helfter, Carole ^aa   Hirano, Takashi ^ab   Hollinger, David Y ^ac   Jones, Mike B ^ad   Kiely, Gerard ^ae   Kolb, Thomas E ^af   Kutsch, Werner L ^ag   Lafleur, Peter ^ah   Lawrence, David M ^ai   Li, Linghao ^aj   Lindroth, Anders ^h   Litvak, Marcy ^ak   Loustau, Denis ^al   Lund, Magnus ^h   Marek, Michal ^am   Martin, Timothy A ^an   Matteucci, Giorgio ^ao   Migliavacca, Mirco ^p   Montagnani, Leonardo ^ap,aq   Moors, Eddy ^ar   William Munger, J ^as   Noormets, Asko ^at   Oechel, Walter ^au   Olejnik, Janusz ^av   U, Kyaw Tha Paw ^aw   Pilegaard, Kim ^s   Rambal, Serge ^ax   Raschi, Antonio ^ao   Scott, Russell L ^ay   Seufert, Günther ^p   Spano, Donatella ^az   Stoy, Paul ^ba   Sutton, Mark A ^ac   Varlagin, Andrej ^bb   Vesala, Timo ^bc   Weng, Ensheng ^a   Wohlfahrt, Georg ^bd   Yang, Bai ^y   Zhang, Zhongda ^a   Zhou, Xuhui ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^k ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^l MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^m DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^o ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^p JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^r PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^t UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^u RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^v UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^w UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^x VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^y OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^z SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aa CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^ab HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ac USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^ad TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^ae UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^af NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ag THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^ah TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^ai NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^aj INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^al BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^am INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^an UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^ao CNR   (Italy)

^ap Servizi Forestali   (Italy)

^aq FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^ar WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^as HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^at NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^au SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^av POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^aw UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ax CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^ay SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^az UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^ba MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bb SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^bc UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^bd UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Climate change; Optimum temperature; Temperature acclimation; Temperature adaptation; Thermal optimality

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN;

ACCLIMATION; BENCHMARKING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EDDY COVARIANCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS; RAIN; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84859586429     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04095.x     Document Type: Article

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