Nocturnal plant respiration is under strong non-temperature control

Dan Bruhn; Freya Newman; Mathilda Hancock; Peter Povlsen; Martijn Slot; Stephen Sitch; John Drake; Graham P. Weedon; Douglas B. Clark; Majken Pagter; Richard J. Ellis; Mark G. Tjoelker; Kelly M. Andersen; Zorayda Restrepo Correa; Patrick C. McGuire; Lina M. Mercado

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33370-1

Nocturnal plant respiration is under strong non-temperature control

Dan Bruhn, Freya Newman, Mathilda Hancock, Peter Povlsen, Martijn Slot, Stephen Sitch, John Drake, Graham P. Weedon, Douglas B. Clark, Majken Pagter, Richard J. Ellis, Mark G. Tjoelker, Kelly M. Andersen, Zorayda Restrepo Correa, Patrick C. McGuire, Lina M. Mercado

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Most biological rates depend on the rate of respiration. Temperature variation is typically considered the main driver of daily plant respiration rates, assuming a constant daily respiration rate at a set temperature. Here, we show empirical data from 31 species from temperate and tropical biomes to demonstrate that the rate of plant respiration at a constant temperature decreases monotonically with time through the night, on average by 25% after 8 h of darkness. Temperature controls less than half of the total nocturnal variation in respiration. A new universal formulation is developed to model and understand nocturnal plant respiration, combining the nocturnal decrease in the rate of plant respiration at constant temperature with the decrease in plant respiration according to the temperature sensitivity. Application of the new formulation shows a global reduction of 4.5 −6 % in plant respiration and an increase of 7-10% in net primary production for the present-day.

Original language	English
Article number	5650
Number of pages	10
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33370-1
Publication status	Published - 2022

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Bruhn, D., Newman, F., Hancock, M., Povlsen, P., Slot, M., Sitch, S., Drake, J., Weedon, G. P., Clark, D. B., Pagter, M., Ellis, R. J., Tjoelker, M. G., Andersen, K. M., Correa, Z. R., McGuire, P. C., & Mercado, L. M. (2022). Nocturnal plant respiration is under strong non-temperature control. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 5650. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33370-1

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