Leaf respiration (GlobResp) - global trait database supports Earth System Models
Abstract
Here we detail how Atkin and his colleagues compiled a global database (GlobResp) that details rates of leaf dark respiration and associated traits from sites that span Arctic tundra to tropical forests. This compilation builds upon earlier research (Reich et al., 1998; Wright et al., 2006) and was supplemented by recent field campaigns and unpublished data.In keeping with other trait databases, GlobResp provides insights on how physiological traits, especially rates of dark respiration, vary as a function of environment and how that variation can be used to inform terrestrial biosphere models and land surface components of Earth System Models. Although an important component of plant and ecosystem carbon (C) budgets (Wythers et al., 2013), respiration has only limited representation in models. Seen through the eyes of a plant scientist, Atkin et al. (2015) give readers a unique perspective on the climatic controls on respiration, thermal acclimation and evolutionary adaptation of dark respiration, and insights into the covariation of respiration with other leaf traits. We find there is ample evidence that once large databases are compiled, like GlobResp, they can reveal new knowledge of plant function and provide a valuable resource for hypothesis testing and model development.
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Climate Change Science Inst., Environmental Sciences Division
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1185926
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1786894
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; DE–AC05–00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- New Phytologist
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 206; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0028-646X
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; plant physiology; climate; respiration; trait; covariation; dynamic vegetation; global change; modeling; physiology
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Wullschleger, Stan D., Warren, Jeffrey, and Thornton, Peter E. Leaf respiration (GlobResp) - global trait database supports Earth System Models. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1111/nph.13364.
Wullschleger, Stan D., Warren, Jeffrey, & Thornton, Peter E. Leaf respiration (GlobResp) - global trait database supports Earth System Models. United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13364
Wullschleger, Stan D., Warren, Jeffrey, and Thornton, Peter E. Fri .
"Leaf respiration (GlobResp) - global trait database supports Earth System Models". United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13364. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1185926.
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title = {Leaf respiration (GlobResp) - global trait database supports Earth System Models},
author = {Wullschleger, Stan D. and Warren, Jeffrey and Thornton, Peter E.},
abstractNote = {Here we detail how Atkin and his colleagues compiled a global database (GlobResp) that details rates of leaf dark respiration and associated traits from sites that span Arctic tundra to tropical forests. This compilation builds upon earlier research (Reich et al., 1998; Wright et al., 2006) and was supplemented by recent field campaigns and unpublished data.In keeping with other trait databases, GlobResp provides insights on how physiological traits, especially rates of dark respiration, vary as a function of environment and how that variation can be used to inform terrestrial biosphere models and land surface components of Earth System Models. Although an important component of plant and ecosystem carbon (C) budgets (Wythers et al., 2013), respiration has only limited representation in models. Seen through the eyes of a plant scientist, Atkin et al. (2015) give readers a unique perspective on the climatic controls on respiration, thermal acclimation and evolutionary adaptation of dark respiration, and insights into the covariation of respiration with other leaf traits. We find there is ample evidence that once large databases are compiled, like GlobResp, they can reveal new knowledge of plant function and provide a valuable resource for hypothesis testing and model development.},
doi = {10.1111/nph.13364},
journal = {New Phytologist},
number = 2,
volume = 206,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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