Boreal and temperate trees show strong acclimation of respiration to warming

Nature

Volumn 531, Issue 7596, 2016, Pages 633-636

  Reich, Peter B ^a,b   Sendall, Kerrie M ^a   Stefanski, Artur ^a   Wei, Xiaorong ^a,c   Rich, Roy L ^a,d   Montgomery, Rebecca A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; LABORATORY METHOD; LEAF; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE; WARMING;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GROWING SEASON; GYMNOSPERM; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TREE; WARMING; ATMOSPHERE; CELL RESPIRATION; CLASSIFICATION; DARKNESS; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METABOLISM; NORTH AMERICA; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL RESPIRATION; DARKNESS; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; GLOBAL WARMING; NORTH AMERICA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 84962338762     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature17142     Document Type: Article

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