Temperature-mediated changes in plant respiration (R) are now accepted as an important
component of the biosphere's response to global climate change. Here we discuss the …

While interest in photosynthetic thermal acclimation has been stimulated by climate
warming, comparing results across studies requires consistent terminology. We identify five …

The Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) is a process-based model that simulates
the fluxes of carbon, water, energy and momentum between the land surface and the …

Background Around the world, the frequency and intensity of droughts is increasing as a
result of global climate change, with important consequences for the growth and survival of …

The tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle is a crucial component of respiratory metabolism in both
photosynthetic and heterotrophic plant organs. All of the major genes of the tomato TCA …

When predicting the effects of climate change, global carbon circulation models that include
a positive feedback effect of climate warming on the carbon cycle often assume that (1) plant …

Non-photosynthetic, or heterotrophic, tissues in C3 plants tend to be enriched in 13C
compared with the leaves that supply them with photosynthate. This isotopic pattern has …

Chloroplasts and mitochondria are traditionally considered to be autonomous organelles but
they are not as independent as they were once thought to be. Mitochondrial metabolism …

The global land surface absorbs about a third of anthropogenic emissions each year, due to
the difference between two key processes: ecosystem photosynthesis and respiration …

Understanding how tropical forest carbon balance will respond to global change requires
knowledge of individual heterotrophic and autotrophic respiratory sources, together with …