Climate dependence of plant respiration in a warmer, drier world

这项研究将极大地帮助预测未来的净碳交换，这是澳大利亚要更好地管理其植被资源所必需的。预测未来净碳交换率的关键是了解干旱和温度的长期变化对植物呼吸的影响。通过实验室和实地研究，这项研究将加深对水的可用性和温度如何影响广泛的经济和生态相关植物物种的植物呼吸的理解。将制定公式，使建模者能够更好地预测植物呼吸(从而植物生产力)在现在和未来变暖的情况下随干旱而发生的变化。

This research will greatly assist in predictions of future net carbon exchange that are necessary if Australia is to better manage its vegetation resources. Crucial to predicting future rates of net carbon exchange is an understanding of how drought and long-term changes in temperature impact on plant respiration. Using laboratory and field studies, this research will develop an understanding of how water availability and temperature impact on plant respiration of a broad range of economically important and ecologically relevant plant species. Equations will be formulated that allow modellers to better predict drought-dependent variations in plant respiration (and thus plant productivity), both now and in a future, warmer world.