A step change in modeling leaf respiration-photosynthesis relationships

该项目旨在利用创新的高通量技术开发一种新的框架，将白天的光合作用和淀粉/氨基酸动员与夜间叶片呼吸的变化联系起来。叶片呼吸的变化对生态系统功能和地球气候有很大的影响。虽然在呼吸建模方面取得了进展，但目前的模型无法预测呼吸率的动态、逐日变化。预期的成果包括方程，预测夜间叶呼吸的澳大利亚和海外的环境中的每日变化。对规划者的好处包括能够更准确地模拟植被-大气碳交换和未来气候变化。

This project aims to use innovative, high-throughput technologies to develop a novel framework that links daytime photosynthesis and starch/amino acid mobilisation to variations in night-time leaf respiration. Variations in leaf respiration can have large impacts on ecosystem functioning and the Earth’s climate. Although advances have been made in respiration modelling, current models are unable to predict dynamic, day-to-day variations in respiratory rates. Expected outcomes include equations that predict daily variations in night-time leaf respiration for environments across Australia and overseas. Benefits to planners include the ability to more accurately model vegetation-atmosphere carbon exchange and future changes in climate.