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A test of the ‘one-point method’ for estimating maximum carboxylation capacity from field-measured, light-saturated photosynthesis

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Revista Científica:

New Phytologist

Año:

2016

Volumen:

210

Número:

3

Páginas:

1130-44

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13815

ISSN:

ISSN 0028-646X eISSN 1469-8137

Keywords (Autor):

A–Ci curve, leaf respiration during the day (Rday), maximum carboxylation rate (Vcmax), net photosynthetic rate at saturating irradiance and at ambient atmospheric CO2 concentration (Asat)

Resumen

• Simulations of photosynthesis by terrestrial biosphere models typically need a specification of the maximum carboxylation rate (Vcmax). Estimating this parameter using A–Ci curves (net photosynthesis, A, vs intercellular CO2 concentration, Ci) is laborious, which limits availability of Vcmax data. However, many multispecies field datasets include net photosynthetic rate at saturating irradiance and at ambient atmospheric CO2 concentration (Asat) measurements, from which Vcmax can be extracted using a ‘one-point method’. • We used a global dataset of A–Ci curves (564 species from 46 field sites, covering a range of plant functional types) to test the validity of an alternative approach to estimate Vcmax from Asat via this ‘one-point method’. • If leaf respiration during the day (Rday) is known exactly, Vcmax can be estimated with an r2 value of 0.98 and a root-mean-squared error (RMSE) of 8.19 μmol m−2 s−1. However, Rday typically must be estimated. Estimating Rday as 1.5% of Vcmax, we found that Vcmax could be estimated with an r2 of 0.95 and an RMSE of 17.1 μmol m−2 s−1. • The one-point method provides a robust means to expand current databases of field-measured Vcmax, giving new potential to improve vegetation models and quantify the environmental drivers of Vcmax variation.

Copyright:

© 2015 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2015 New Phytologist Trust

Autor (es ):

Martin G. De Kauwe, Yan-Shih Lin, Ian J. Wright, Belinda E. Medlyn, Kristine Y. Crous, David S. Ellsworth, Vincent Maire, I. Colin Prentice, Owen K. Atkin, Alistair Rogers, Ülo Niinemets, Shawn P. Serbin, Patrick Meir, Johan Uddling, Henrique F. Togashi, Lasse Tarvainen, Lasantha K. Weerasinghe, Bradley J. Evans, F. Yoko Ishida, Tomas F. Domingues

Editorial:

New Phytologist Trust

Ciudad:

Londres, Reino Unido

Idioma:

Inglés

Tipo de Referencia:

Articulo de revista academica

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