Contents Summary 32 I. The importance of plant carbon metabolism for climate change 32 II.
Rising atmospheric CO2 and carbon metabolism 33 III. Rising temperatures and carbon …

Evergreen species are widespread across the globe, representing two major plant functional
forms in terrestrial models. We reviewed and analysed the responses of photosynthesis and …

Mitochondrial respiration in plants provides energy for biosynthesis, and its balance with
photosynthesis determines the rate of plant biomass accumulation. We describe recent …

Contents Summary 670 I. Introduction 671 II. Principle 1–Plant respiration performs three
distinct functions 673 III. Principle 2–Metabolic pathway flexibility underlies plant respiratory …

Ecologists have long recognized that species are sustained by the flux, storage and turnover
of two biological currencies: energy, which fuels biological metabolism and materials (ie …

Respiration is instrumental for survival and growth of plants, but increasing costs of
maintenance processes with warming have the potential to change the balance between …

The electron transport chain in mitochondria of different organisms contains a mixture of
common and specialised components. The specialised enzymes form branches to the …

Approximately 40% of a plant's dry mass consists of carbon, fixed in photosynthesis. This
process is vital for growth and survival of virtually all plants during the major part of their …

The subject of this review is the impact of long-term changes in temperature on plant growth
and its underlying components. The discussion highlights the extent to which thermal …

Gas exchange, fluorescence, western blot and chemical composition analyses were
combined to assess if three functional groups (forbs, grasses and evergreen trees/shrubs) …