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Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volume 63, 2012

There Ought to Be an Equation for That

Abstract

An overriding interest in photosynthesis has propelled my wanderings from chemist to biochemist to plant physiologist and on to global topics. Equations and models have been organizing principles along the way. This fascination started as a reaction to difficulties with written communication, but it has proven to be quite useful in moving across different levels of organization. I conclude with some discussion of the importance of Earth system models for understanding and predicting how human activities may influence the climate, environment, and biota in the future, and some ideas about how disciplinary science might make larger contributions to this interdisciplinary problem. ( Selected references are available from the Carnegie Institution Web site at )

Keyword(s): Autobiography, C3 photosynthesis, C4 photosynthesis, Earth system models, photorespiration, photosynthesis models
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