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Title: Acclimation and adaptation components of the temperature dependence of plant photosynthesis at the global scale

Journal Article · · New Phytologist
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15668· OSTI ID:1485780
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  1. Western Sydney Univ., Penrith, NSW (Australia); Coconut Research Inst. of Sri Lanka, Lunuwila (Sri Lanka)
  2. Western Sydney Univ., Penrith, NSW (Australia)
  3. State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Plattsburgh, NY (United States)
  4. Univ. of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL (United States)
  5. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Hobart, TAS (Australia)
  6. Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, MI (United States)
  7. James Cook Univ., Cairns, QLD (Australia)
  8. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  9. Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (Australia)
  10. Unity College, Unity, ME (United States
  11. Univ. de Lorraine, Nancy (France)
  12. Forestry and Forest Products Research Inst. (FFPRI), Tsukuba (Japan)
  13. Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan)
  14. Linnaeus Univ., Växjö (Sweden)
  15. Univ. of Washington, Eatonville, WA (United States)
  16. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States).
  17. Univ. of Exeter, Exeter (United Kingdom)
  18. Kyoto Univ. (Japan)
  19. Western Sydney Univ., Penrith, NSW (Australia); Univ. of Minnesota, St Paul, MN (United States)
  20. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  21. Smithsonian Tropical Research Inst., Balboa, Ancón (Panama)
  22. Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX (United States)
  23. Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå (Sweden); Univ. of Gothenburg (Sweden)
  24. Macquarie Univ., North Ryde, NSW (Australia)
  25. Univ. Federal do Oeste do Pará (UFOPA), Santarém, PA (Brazil)
  26. Univ. of Gothenburg (Sweden)
  27. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  28. Univ. of Western Ontario, London, ON (Canada)
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The temperature response of photosynthesis is one of the key factors determining predicted responses to warming in global vegetation models (GVMs). The response may vary geographically, owing to genetic adaptation to climate, and temporally, as a result of acclimation to changes in ambient temperature. Our goal was to develop a robust quantitative global model representing acclimation and adaptation of photosynthetic temperature responses. We quantified and modelled key mechanisms responsible for photosynthetic temperature acclimation and adaptation using a global dataset of photosynthetic CO2 response curves, including data from 141 C3 species from tropical rainforest to Arctic tundra. We separated temperature acclimation and adaptation processes by considering seasonal and common-garden datasets, respectively. The observed global variation in the temperature optimum of photosynthesis was primarily explained by biochemical limitations to photosynthesis, rather than stomatal conductance or respiration. We found acclimation to growth temperature to be a stronger driver of this variation than adaptation to temperature at climate of origin. We developed a summary model to represent photosynthetic temperature responses and showed that it predicted the observed global variation in optimal temperatures with high accuracy. This novel algorithm should enable improved prediction of the function of global ecosystems in a warming climate.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704; AC05-00OR22725; SC0011806; AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1485780
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1493934; OSTI ID: 1496007; OSTI ID: 1572811
Report Number(s):
BNL-209679-2018-JAAM
Journal Information:
New Phytologist, Vol. 222, Issue 2; ISSN 0028-646X
Publisher:
WileyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 147 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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