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Kirk R. Wythers

Researcher at University of Minnesota

Publications -  15
Citations -  1196

Kirk R. Wythers is an academic researcher from University of Minnesota. The author has contributed to research in topics: Climate change & Primary production. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 14 publications receiving 982 citations. Previous affiliations of Kirk R. Wythers include Duke University.

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Global variability in leaf respiration in relation to climate, plant functional types and leaf traits

Owen K. Atkin, +78 more
- 01 Apr 2015 - 
TL;DR: A new global database of Rdark and associated leaf traits is analyzed and values at any given Vcmax or leaf nitrogen concentration were higher in herbs than in woody plants, and variation in Rdark among species and across global gradients in T and aridity is highlighted.
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Mapping local and global variability in plant trait distributions

Ethan E. Butler, +54 more
TL;DR: Using the largest global plant trait database and state of the art Bayesian modeling, fine-grained global maps of plant trait distributions that can be applied to Earth system models are created and reveal that the most diverse grid cells possess trait variability close to the range of global PFT means.
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Bare-Soil Evaporation Under Semiarid Field Conditions

TL;DR: In this article, the authors measured daily evaporation gravimetrically and estimated evapore rates using the energy balance method of Ben-Asher et al. They hypothesized that soil texture would have a great influence on both the temporal dynamics of bare-soil evapure, as well as on the depth to which evapseoration-influenced soil water content throughout a 51-d simulated drought period.
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Foliar respiration acclimation to temperature and temperature variable Q10 alter ecosystem carbon balance

TL;DR: In this article, a temperature-driven basal respiration algorithm (Rdacclim) and a temperature variable Q10 algorithm (Q10var) were proposed to model the response of respiration to temperature in plants.