Foliar respiration acclimation to temperature and temperature variable Q10 alter ecosystem carbon balance. Wythers, K., Reich, P. B., Tjoelker, M. G., & Bolstad, P. B. Global Change Biology, 2005.
Foliar respiration acclimation to temperature and temperature variable Q10 alter ecosystem carbon balance. [pdf]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
The response of respiration to temperature in plants can be considered at both short- and long-term temporal scales. Short-term temperature responses are not well described by a constant Q10 of respiration, and longer-term responses often include acclimation. Despite this, many carbon balance models use a static Q10 of respiration to describe the short-term temperature response and ignore temperature acclimation. We replaced static respiration parameters in the ecosystem model photosynthesis and evapo-transpiration (PnET) with a temperature-driven basal respiration algorithm (Rdacclim) that accounts for temperature acclimation, and a temperature-variable Q10 algorithm (Q10var ). We ran PnET with the new algorithms individually and in combination for 5 years across a range of sites and vegetation types in order to examine the new algorithms

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