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Science 28 April 2006:
Vol. 312. no. 5773, pp. 536 - 537
DOI: 10.1126/science.1114166
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ATMOSPHERE:
Plant Respiration in a Warmer World

Anthony W. King, Carla A. Gunderson, Wilfred M. Post, David J. Weston, Stan D. Wullschleger

Acclimation of plants to higher temperatures may reduce the extra warming caused by increased plant respiration in a future warmer world.

The authors are in the Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA. E-mail: kingaw{at}ornl.gov

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