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Peter B Reich1,2, Kerrie M Sendall1, Artur Stefanski1
1Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, Minnesota 55108, USA.
Nature
|March 17, 2016
概括
植物的呼吸会释放大量的二氧化碳 (CO2). 长期研究表明,叶子呼吸会适应变暖,减轻二氧化碳的释放,并可能减轻气候变化的影响.
科学领域:
- 植物生理学
- 气候变化科学
- 生态学
背景情况:
- 植物呼吸是大气中二氧化碳 (CO2) 的主要来源,影响气候变化.
- 全球气温上升可能会增加植物的二氧化碳排放,从而形成一个积极的反循环.
- 植物长期适应气候变暖的数据有限, 阻碍了准确的气候预测.
研究的目的:
- 研究北美树木长期适应气候变暖的叶子呼吸.
- 量化适应在高温下对二氧化碳释放的影响.
- 为了比较适应试验变暖和季节性温度变化.
主要方法:
- 在森林条件下研究了十种北美树种.
- 使用实验性变暖 (3.4°C以上) 和自然季节性变化.
- 在适应和非适应植物中测量叶子呼吸率.
主要成果:
- 叶子呼吸表现出对实验变暖和季节性温度变化的强烈适应.
- 适应降低了叶子呼吸的预期增加80% (观察到5%与23%没有适应).
- 观察到的每度升温的呼吸增加明显低于短期实验室研究.
结论:
- 叶子的热适应显著减轻了植物对变暖的呼吸反应.
- 在田间条件下长期适应可能会减少来自植物呼吸的大气二氧化碳的预计增加.
- 这些发现表明植物呼吸对气候变暖的积极反可能比之前预期的要弱.
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