DOI: 10.5061/dryad.t1g1jwt7f
title: Data from: A positive feedback to climate change: the effect of temperature on the respiration of key wood-decomposing fungi does not decline with time

description: Heterotrophic soil microorganisms are responsible for ~50% of the carbon
 dioxide released by respiration from the terrestrial biosphere each year.
 The respiratory response of soil microbial communities to warming, and the
 control mechanisms, remains uncertain, yet is critical to understanding
 the future land carbon (C)-climate feedback. Individuals of nine species
 of fungi decomposing wood were exposed to 90 days of cooling to evaluate
 the medium-term effect of temperature on respiration. Overall, the effect
 of temperature on respiration increased in the medium term, with no
 evidence of compensation. However, the increasing effect of temperature on
 respiration was lost after correcting for changes in biomass. These
 results indicate that C loss through respiration of wood-decomposing fungi
 will increase beyond the direct effects of temperature on respiration,
 potentially promoting greater C losses from terrestrial ecosystems and a
 positive feedback to climate change.
description: Respiration rate
 and ergosterol data for nine species of beech (<em>Fagus
 sylvatica</em>)-inhabiting white rot basidiomycetes decomposing wood
 exposed to 90 days of cooling were collected to evaluate the medium-term
 effect of temperature on respiration.
description: The data files can be opened using Microsoft Excel or R.
description: # Data from: A positive feedback to climate change: the effect of
 temperature on the respiration of key wood-decomposing fungi does not
 decline with time Katie L. Journeaux, Lynne Boddy, Lucy Rowland, Iain P.
 Hartley # Respiration data Respiration rate data for nine species of beech
 (Fagus sylvatica)-inhabiting white rot basidiomycetes decomposing wood
 exposed to 90 days of cooling to evaluate the medium-term effect of
 temperature on respiration. Columns: Species = Species of beech (Fagus
 sylvatica)-inhabiting white rot basidiomycetes Measurement = Stage of
 experiment and measurement number Day = Time (d) of measurement during the
 241 d experiment Replicate = Identification of wood block microcosm
 replicates (species and number (1-20)) Species: Vc: Vuilleminia_comedens
 Ff: Fomes_fomentarius Cp: Chondrostereum_purpureum Tv: Trametes_versicolor
 Sh: Stereum_hirsutum Ba: Bjerkandera_adusta Hf: Hypholoma_fasciculare Pv:
 Phanerochaete_velutina Rb: Resinicium_bicolor Treatment = Wood block
 microcosms of each species were assigned to one of four temperature
 treatments (n = 5): pre-cooling (destructively sampled at 151 d, prior to
 cooling), cooled (incubated at 12 C at 151 d for 90 d), rewarmed
 (incubated at 12 C at 151 d for 60 d and then rewarmed to 20 C for 30 d)
 and control (incubated at 20 C for a further 90 d) Respiration_rate =
 Respiration rate (g C gdw-1 h-1) Cumulative_respiration = Cumulative
 respiration (mg C gdw-1) # Ergosterol data Ergosterol data for nine
 species of beech (Fagus sylvatica)-inhabiting white rot basidiomycetes
 decomposing wood exposed to 90 days of cooling to evaluate the medium-term
 effect of temperature on respiration. Columns: Species = Species of beech
 (Fagus sylvatica)-inhabiting white rot basidiomycetes Measurement = Stage
 of experiment and measurement number Day = Time (d) of measurement during
 the 241 d experiment Replicate = Identification of wood block microcosm
 replicates (species and number (1-20)) Species: Vc: Vuilleminia_comedens
 Ff: Fomes_fomentarius Cp: Chondrostereum_purpureum Tv: Trametes_versicolor
 Sh: Stereum_hirsutum Ba: Bjerkandera_adusta Hf: Hypholoma_fasciculare Pv:
 Phanerochaete_velutina Rb: Resinicium_bicolor Treatment = Wood block
 microcosms of each species were assigned to one of four temperature
 treatments (n = 5): pre-cooling (destructively sampled at 151 d, prior to
 cooling), cooled (incubated at 12 C at 151 d for 90 d), rewarmed
 (incubated at 12 C at 151 d for 60 d and then rewarmed to 20 C for 30 d)
 and control (incubated at 20 C for a further 90 d) Ergosterol = Ergosterol
 (g g wood-1) from pre-cooling (151 d), cooled, rewarmed and control
 treatments (241 d)