Leaf respiration under drought: a global perspective

预测未来的净碳交换对于澳大利亚更好地管理植被资源是必要的。将植物呼吸对干旱和温度的反应纳入其中，对于预测未来净碳交换速率至关重要。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，改进建模者计算植物呼吸(从而植物生产力)随干旱变化的方式，从而改进对未来变暖世界的预测。

Predicting future net carbon exchange is necessary for better management of vegetation resources by Australia. Incorporating the responses of plant respiration to drought and temperature is crucial for predicting future rates of net carbon exchange. 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 will improve how modellers calculate drought-dependent variations in plant respiration (and thus plant productivity), thereby improving predictions for a future, warmer world.