@article{3058698,
    title = "Global variability in leaf respiration in relation to climate, plant functional types and leaf traits",
    author = "Atkin, O.K. and Bloomfield, K.J. and Reich, P.B. and Tjoelker, M.G. and Asner, G.P. and Bonal, D. and Bönisch, G. and Bradford, M.G. and Cernusak, L.A. and Cosio, E.G. and Creek, D. and Crous, K.Y. and Domingues, T.F. and Dukes, J.S. and Egerton, J.J.G. and Evans, J.R. and Farquhar, G.D. and Fyllas, N.M. and Gauthier, P.P.G. and Gloor, E. and Gimeno, T.E. and Griffin, K.L. and Guerrieri, R. and Heskel, M.A. and Huntingford, C. and Ishida, F.Y. and Kattge, J. and Lambers, H. and Liddell, M.J. and Lloyd, J. and Lusk, C.H. and Martin, R.E. and Maksimov, A.P. and Maximov, T.C. and Malhi, Y. and Medlyn, B.E. and Meir, P. and Mercado, L.M. and Mirotchnick, N. and Ng, D. and Niinemets, U. and O'Sullivan, O.S. and Phillips, O.L. and Poorter, L. and Poot, P. and Prentice, I.C. and Salinas, N. and Rowland, L.M. and Ryan, M.G. and Sitch, S. and Slot, M. and Smith, N.G. and Turnbull, M.H. and Vanderwel, M.C. and Valladares, F. and Veneklaas, E.J. and Weerasinghe, L.K. and Wirth, C. and Wright, I.J. and Wythers, K.R. and Xiang, J. and Xiang, S. and Zaragoza-Castells, J.",
    journal = "The New Phytologist",
    year = "2015",
    volume = "206",
    number = "2",
    pages = "614-636",
    publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd",
    issn = "0028-646X, 1469-8137",
    doi = "10.1111/nph.13253",
    keywords = "acclimation;  aridity;  climate modeling;  functional response;  geographical variation;  leaf area;  nitrogen;  photosynthesis;  respiration, carbon dioxide;  nitrogen, acclimatization;  carbon cycle;  cell respiration;  climate;  metabolism;  phenotype;  photosynthesis;  plant;  plant leaf;  radiation response;  temperature;  theoretical model, Acclimatization;  Carbon Cycle;  Carbon Dioxide;  Cell Respiration;  Climate;  Models, Theoretical;  Nitrogen;  Phenotype;  Photosynthesis;  Plant Leaves;  Plants;  Temperature",
    abstract = "Summary: Leaf dark respiration (R dark ) is an important yet poorly quantified component of the global carbon cycle. Given this, we analyzed a new global database of R dark and associated leaf traits. Data for 899 species were compiled from 100 sites (from the Arctic to the tropics). Several woody and nonwoody plant functional types (PFTs) were represented. Mixed-effects models were used to disentangle sources of variation in R dark . Area-based R dark at the prevailing average daily growth temperature (T) of each site increased only twofold from the Arctic to the tropics, despite a 20°C increase in growing T (8-28°C). By contrast, R dark at a standard T (25°C, R dark 25 ) was threefold higher in the Arctic than in the tropics, and twofold higher at arid than at mesic sites. Species and PFTs at cold sites exhibited higher R dark 25 at a given photosynthetic capacity (V cmax 25 ) or leaf nitrogen concentration ([N]) than species at warmer sites. R dark 25 values at any given V cmax 25 or [N] were higher in herbs than in woody plants. The results highlight variation in R dark among species and across global gradients in T and aridity. In addition to their ecological significance, the results provide a framework for improving representation of R dark in terrestrial biosphere models (TBMs) and associated land-surface components of Earth system models (ESMs). © 2015 New Phytologist Trust."
}