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Thermal adaptation of net ecosystem exchange

Yuan, W. ; Luo, Y. ; Liang, S. ; Yu, G. ; Niu, S. ; Stoy, P. ; Chen, J. ; Desai, A. R. ; Lindroth, Anders LU orcid and Gough, C. M. , et al. (2011) In Biogeosciences 8(6). p.1453-1463
Abstract
Thermal adaptation of gross primary production and ecosystem respiration has been well documented over broad thermal gradients. However, no study has examined their interaction as a function of temperature, i.e. the thermal responses of net ecosystem exchange of carbon (NEE). In this study, we constructed temperature response curves of NEE against temperature using 380 site-years of eddy covariance data at 72 forest, grassland and shrubland ecosystems located at latitudes ranging from similar to 29 degrees N to 64 degrees N. The response curves were used to define two critical temperatures: transition temperature (T-b) at which ecosystem transfer from carbon source to sink and optimal temperature (T-o) at which carbon uptake is maximized.... (More)
Thermal adaptation of gross primary production and ecosystem respiration has been well documented over broad thermal gradients. However, no study has examined their interaction as a function of temperature, i.e. the thermal responses of net ecosystem exchange of carbon (NEE). In this study, we constructed temperature response curves of NEE against temperature using 380 site-years of eddy covariance data at 72 forest, grassland and shrubland ecosystems located at latitudes ranging from similar to 29 degrees N to 64 degrees N. The response curves were used to define two critical temperatures: transition temperature (T-b) at which ecosystem transfer from carbon source to sink and optimal temperature (T-o) at which carbon uptake is maximized. T-b was strongly correlated with annual mean air temperature. T-o was strongly correlated with mean temperature during the net carbon uptake period across the study ecosystems. Our results imply that the net ecosystem exchange of carbon adapts to the temperature across the geographical range due to intrinsic connections between vegetation primary production and ecosystem respiration. (Less)
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Biogeosciences
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8
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6
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1453 - 1463
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Copernicus GmbH
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1726-4189
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10.5194/bg-8-1453-2011
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English
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  abstract     = {{Thermal adaptation of gross primary production and ecosystem respiration has been well documented over broad thermal gradients. However, no study has examined their interaction as a function of temperature, i.e. the thermal responses of net ecosystem exchange of carbon (NEE). In this study, we constructed temperature response curves of NEE against temperature using 380 site-years of eddy covariance data at 72 forest, grassland and shrubland ecosystems located at latitudes ranging from similar to 29 degrees N to 64 degrees N. The response curves were used to define two critical temperatures: transition temperature (T-b) at which ecosystem transfer from carbon source to sink and optimal temperature (T-o) at which carbon uptake is maximized. T-b was strongly correlated with annual mean air temperature. T-o was strongly correlated with mean temperature during the net carbon uptake period across the study ecosystems. Our results imply that the net ecosystem exchange of carbon adapts to the temperature across the geographical range due to intrinsic connections between vegetation primary production and ecosystem respiration.}},
  author       = {{Yuan, W. and Luo, Y. and Liang, S. and Yu, G. and Niu, S. and Stoy, P. and Chen, J. and Desai, A. R. and Lindroth, Anders and Gough, C. M. and Ceulemans, R. and Arain, A. and Bernhofer, C. and Cook, B. and Cook, D. R. and Dragoni, D. and Gielen, B. and Janssens, I. A. and Longdoz, B. and Liu, H. and Lund, M. and Matteucci, G. and Moors, E. and Scott, R. L. and Seufert, G. and Varner, R.}},
  issn         = {{1726-4189}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{6}},
  pages        = {{1453--1463}},
  publisher    = {{Copernicus GmbH}},
  series       = {{Biogeosciences}},
  title        = {{Thermal adaptation of net ecosystem exchange}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-1453-2011}},
  doi          = {{10.5194/bg-8-1453-2011}},
  volume       = {{8}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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