Comment on "Global convergence in the temperature sensitivity of respiration at ecosystem level"

Science. 2011 Mar 11;331(6022):1265; author reply 1265. doi: 10.1126/science.1196948.

Abstract

Mahecha et al. (Reports, 13 August 2010, p. 838) estimated the temperature sensitivity of ecosystem respiration (Q(10)) and showed that temperature sensitivity and its site-to-site variability are lower than previously reported. We demonstrate that their Q(10) value of 1.4 is an underestimate if interpreted as the averaged sensitivities of all ecosystem components, because fast temperature fluctuations penetrate poorly into the soil.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Biomass*
  • Cell Respiration*
  • Ecosystem*
  • Oxygen Consumption*
  • Soil* / analysis
  • Temperature*

Substances

  • Soil