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Boreal and temperate trees show strong acclimation of respiration to warming

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  • Peter B. Reich

    (University of Minnesota
    Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University)

  • Kerrie M. Sendall

    (University of Minnesota)

  • Artur Stefanski

    (University of Minnesota)

  • Xiaorong Wei

    (University of Minnesota
    State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University)

  • Roy L. Rich

    (University of Minnesota
    Smithsonian Environmental Research Center)

  • Rebecca A. Montgomery

    (University of Minnesota)

Abstract

Acclimation of leaf respiration to a 3–5-year period of warming by 3.4 °C for 10 North American tree species in forest conditions eliminated 80% of the increase in leaf respiration expected of non-acclimated trees; this suggests that the increase in respiration rates of terrestrial plants from climate warming, and the associated increase in atmospheric CO2 levels, may be less than anticipated.

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  • Peter B. Reich & Kerrie M. Sendall & Artur Stefanski & Xiaorong Wei & Roy L. Rich & Rebecca A. Montgomery, 2016. "Boreal and temperate trees show strong acclimation of respiration to warming," Nature, Nature, vol. 531(7596), pages 633-636, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:531:y:2016:i:7596:d:10.1038_nature17142
    DOI: 10.1038/nature17142
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    1. Kaiqiang Bao & Haifeng Tian & Min Su & Liping Qiu & Xiaorong Wei & Yanjiang Zhang & Jian Liu & Hailong Gao & Jimin Cheng, 2019. "Stability of Ecosystem CO 2 Flux in Response to Changes in Precipitation in a Semiarid Grassland," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-18, May.
    2. Mirindi Eric Dusenge & Jeffrey M. Warren & Peter B. Reich & Eric J. Ward & Bridget K. Murphy & Artur Stefanski & Raimundo Bermudez & Marisol Cruz & David A. McLennan & Anthony W. King & Rebecca A. Mon, 2023. "Boreal conifers maintain carbon uptake with warming despite failure to track optimal temperatures," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    3. Janusz Szmyt & Monika Dering, 2024. "Adaptive Silviculture and Climate Change—A Forced Marriage of the 21st Century?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(7), pages 1-31, March.
    4. Feiyan Chen & Aiwen Lin & Hongji Zhu & Jiqiang Niu, 2018. "Quantifying Climate Change and Ecological Responses within the Yangtze River Basin, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-19, August.

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