Thermodynamic law for adaptation of plants to environmental temperatures.
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A thermodynamic law of adaptation of plants to temperature is developed. Plant growth rate is proportional to the product of the metabolic rate and the metabolic efficiency for production of anabolic products. Over much of the growth temperature range, metabolic rate is proportional to mean temperature and efficiency is proportional to the reciprocal of temperature variability. The mean temperature and short-term (hours to weeks) variability of temperature during the growth season at a particular location thus determine the optimum energy and growth strategy for plants. Because they can grow and reproduce most vigorously, plants with a growth rate vs. temperature curve that matches the time-at-temperature vs. temperature curve during the growth season are favored by natural selection. The law of temperature adaptation explains many recent and long-standing observations of plant growth and survival, including latitudinal gradients of plant diversity and species range.
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Plants adapt their growth to their environmental temperature by adapting their respiratory metabolism.
“Previous reports have shown that plants adapt their growth to their environmental temperature by adapting their respiratory metabolism (Criddle et al., 2005).”
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Rodrigues, L., Nogales, A., Hansen, L. D., Santos, F., Rato, A. E., & Cardoso, H. (2022) · Frontiers in Plant Science · doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.827117 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
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- Criddle, R. S., Hansen, L. D., Smith, B. N., Macfarlane, C., Church, J. N., Thygerson, T., Jovanovic, T., & Booth, T.
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- Brigham Young University (US)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (AU)
- Venue
- Pure and Applied Chemistry
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2005-01-01
- Volume
- 77
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1425-1444
- ISSN
- 0033-4545 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-3075
- OpenAlex
- W2139829788
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- Language
- en
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- Locations
- Pure and Applied Chemistry (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Keywords
- plant growth rate, metabolic rate, metabolic efficiency, temperature variability, mean temperature, growth temperature range, energy allocation, natural selection, latitudinal diversity gradient, species range limits
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