TY - JOUR
T1 - Reply to Adams et al. : empirical versus process-based approaches to modeling temperature responses of leaf respiration
AU - Heskel, Mary A.
AU - Atkin, Owen K.
AU - O'Sullivan, Odhran S.
AU - Reich, Peter
AU - Tjoelker, Mark G.
AU - Weerasinghe, Lasantha K.
AU - Penillard, Aurore
AU - Egerton, John J. G.
AU - Creek, Danielle
AU - Bloomfield, Keith J.
AU - Xiang, Jen
AU - Sinca, Felipe
AU - Stangl, Zsofia R.
AU - Martinez-de la Torre, Alberto
AU - Griffin, Kevin L.
AU - Huntingford, Chris
AU - Hurry, Vaughan
AU - Meir, Patrick
AU - Turnbull, Matthew H.
PY - 2016/10/11
Y1 - 2016/10/11
N2 - Using an empirical approach, we report that the slope of the short-term log-transformed leaf respiration (R)- temperature (T) curves declines with increasing leaf T in a manner that is uniform across biomes (1); the results have utility for modeling carbon fluxes in terrestrial biosphere models (TBMs). The use of an empirical approach reflects the fact that, despite advances in understanding of factors regulating R (2-4) and its T-response (5), basic information on key determinants of R remains lacking, hindering development of a process-based model with utility for TBMs.
AB - Using an empirical approach, we report that the slope of the short-term log-transformed leaf respiration (R)- temperature (T) curves declines with increasing leaf T in a manner that is uniform across biomes (1); the results have utility for modeling carbon fluxes in terrestrial biosphere models (TBMs). The use of an empirical approach reflects the fact that, despite advances in understanding of factors regulating R (2-4) and its T-response (5), basic information on key determinants of R remains lacking, hindering development of a process-based model with utility for TBMs.
KW - climatic changes
KW - ecosystems
KW - leaf respiration
KW - leaves
KW - temperature
UR - http://handle.westernsydney.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:38451
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84991491961&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1073/pnas.1612904113
DO - 10.1073/pnas.1612904113
M3 - Article
C2 - 27702907
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 113
SP - E5996-E5997
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 41
ER -