title: No evidence for compensatory thermal adaptation of soil microbial respiration in the study of Bradford et al. (2008).
abstract: Bradford et al. (2008) conclude that thermal adaptation will reduce the response of soil microbial respiration to rising global temperatures. However, we question both the methods used to calculate mass-specific respiration rates and the interpretation of the results. No clear evidence of thermal adaptation reducing soil microbial activity was produced.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK. i.p.hartley@stir.ac.uk
authors.forename: Iain P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Hartley
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.forename: Mark H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Garnett
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sommerkorn
authors.forename: Philip A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Wookey
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D018533:Biomass; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D006358:Hot Temperature; D012621:Seasons; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013395:Sucrose / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D013395:Sucrose