Photosynthetic heat tolerance, light response, and respiration rates across gradients in the northwestern Mongolian boreal-steppe

Mukund Palat Rao1, Kevin Lee Griffin2, Nicole K Davi3, Laia Andreu-Hayles3, Baatarbileg Nachin4, Byambagerel Suran4, Rossane D'Arrigo5, Caroline Leland3, William Gardner6 and William Honeychurch6, (1)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observ., Palisades, NY, United States, (3)Columbia University of New York, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (4)National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, (5)Lamond-Doherty Earth Observatory (Columbia University), Palisades, United States, (6)Yale University, New Haven, United States