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. 2016 Nov 14;113(48):13797–13802. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1605365113

Table 1.

Model parameters of soil respiration (natural log, in µmol C⋅m−2⋅s−1) (R) as a function of soil temperature (T) (°C), evaluating the interaction with warming treatment

Parameters for model: ln(R) ∼ γ0 + γ1T + γ2T2
Model γ0 ± SE γ1 ± SE γ2 ± SE n R2 T at R max
All biomes except desert 0.39
 Control treatment −1.292 ± 0.079 0.204 ± 0.011 −0.0042 ± 0.0003 1075 24.2
 Warming treatment −1.309 ± 0.119 0.205 ± 0.015 −0.0040 ± 0.0005 1268 25.3
Desert 0.42
 Control treatment −2.571 ± 0.062 0.019 ± 0.008 0.0004 ± 0.0002 737 na
 Warming treatment −3.431 ± 0.088 0.072 ± 0.011 −0.0007 ± 0.0003 737 55.4
Boreal forest 0.84
 Control treatment −0.063 ± 0.045 0.109 ± 0.0035 ns 160 na
 Warming treatment −0.010 ± 0.059 0.093 ± 0.0043 ns 306 na
Temperate forest 0.54
 Control treatment −0.813 ± 0.166 0.160 ± 0.024 −0.0025 ± 0.0008 239 32.0
 Warming treatment −1.485 ± 0.349 0.197 ± 0.042 −0.0031 ± 0.0012 258 31.8
Northern shrubland 0.63
 Control treatment −1.188 ± 0.081 0.142 ± 0.008 ns 172 na
 Warming treatment −1.153 ± 0.115 0.141 ± 0.012 ns 172 na
Southern shrubland 0.25
 Control treatment −1.420 ± 0.421 0.157 ± 0.040 −0.0027 ± 0.0009 51 29.1
 Warming treatment −0.485 ± 0.642 0.066 ± 0.061 −0.0010 ± 0.0013 51 34.4
Grassland 0.51
 Control treatment −1.517 ± 0.166 0.200 ± 0.024 −0.0036 ± 0.0006 269 27.8
 Warming treatment −1.558 ± 0.244 0.205 ± 0.030 −0.0036 ± 0.0008 297 28.7
Temperate agriculture 0.73
 Control treatment −3.012 ± 0.173 0.305 ± 0.030 −0.0066 ± 0.0012 131 23.3
 Warming treatment −3.091 ± 0.291 0.313 ± 0.046 −0.0065 ± 0.0016 131 24.2

Models run with data from both treatments, with parameters for each treatment calculated using the model equation. Model equation: ln(R)(αo+α1T+α2T2)+(βo+β1T+β2T2)W, with γi = αi + βi. warming treatment (W = 1) or control treatment (W = 0). n, sample size; na, not applicable; ns, not significant; R2, correlation coefficient; and T at R max, soil temperature (°C) when dln(R)/dT=0. Parameter units: γ0, ln µmol C⋅m−2⋅s−1; γ1, °C−1; and γ2, °C−2. Bold biome names indicate significant interactions with treatment. All models are significant (P < 0.001). For comparison of model fits, see SI Appendix, Table S3. For model parameters including moisture, see SI Appendix, Table S2.