Does physiological acclimation to climate warming stabilize the ratio of canopy respiration to photosynthesis?

New Phytologist

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 850-863

  Drake, John E ^a   Tjoelker, Mark G ^a   Aspinwall, Michael J ^a   Reich, Peter B ^a,b   Barton, Craig V M ^a   Medlyn, Belinda E ^a   Duursma, Remko A ^a  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

acclimation; autotrophic respiration; carbon cycle; climate change; Eucalyptus tereticornis; photosynthesis; positive feedback; warming

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ACCLIMATION; CANOPY; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; EVERGREEN TREE; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING;

EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL RESPIRATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR; TREE; WOOD;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL RESPIRATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 84978160181     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13978     Document Type: Article

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