Out of the darkness: predicting rates of respiration of illuminated leaves along nutrient gradients

如果澳大利亚要更好地管理其植被资源，我们的研究将极大地帮助预测未来必要的净碳交换。预测未来净碳交换速率的关键是了解气候和养分如何影响叶片呼吸。我们的研究将有助于了解光、温度和磷（澳大利亚最普遍的限制性营养物质）如何影响澳大利亚几个不同生态系统中代表的各种不同植物的叶片呼吸。我们将开发方程，使建模者能够更好地预测现在和未来叶呼吸（以及植物生产力）的气候/营养依赖变化。

Our research will greatly assist in predictions of future net carbon exchange necessary if Australia is to better manage its vegetation resources. Crucial to predicting future rates of net carbon exchange is an understanding of how climate and nutrients impact on leaf respiration. Our research will develop an understanding of how light, temperature and phosphorus (the most widespread, limiting nutrient in Australia) impact on leaf respiration of a broad range of contrasting plants representative of several diverse Australian ecosystems. We will develop equations that will allow modellers to better predict climate/nutrient dependent variations in leaf respiration (and thus rates of plant productivity), both now and in the future.