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On the relationship between stomatal characters and atmospheric CO2

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Reid, CD; Maherali, H; Johnson, HB; Smith, SD; Wullschleger, SD; Jackson, RB
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
2003

Leaf stomatal characters influence the response of terrestrial evapotranspiration to climate change and are used as proxies for the reconstruction of past atmospheric [CO2]. We examined the phenotypic response of stomatal index (SI), density (SD) and aperture (AP) to rising atmospheric CO2 in 15 species after four years exposure to a field CO2 gradient (200 to 550 μmol mol-1 atmospheric [CO2]) or at three Free Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) sites. Along the CO2 gradient, SI and SD showed no evidence of a decline to increasing [CO2], while AP decreased slightly. There was no significant change in SI, SD or AP with CO2 across FACE experiments. Without evolutionary changes, SI and SD may not respond to atmospheric [CO2] in the field and are unlikely to decrease in a future high CO2 world.

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Chantal D. Reid
Author Chantal D. Reid Environmental Sciences and Policy

Published In

Geophysical Research Letters

Publication Date

2003

Volume

30

Issue

19

Start / End Page

HLS 1-1 - HLS 1-4

Related Subject Headings

  • Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
 

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Reid, C. D., Maherali, H., Johnson, H. B., Smith, S. D., Wullschleger, S. D., & Jackson, R. B. (2003). On the relationship between stomatal characters and atmospheric CO2. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(19), HLS1-1-HLS1-4.
Reid, C. D., H. Maherali, H. B. Johnson, S. D. Smith, S. D. Wullschleger, and R. B. Jackson. “On the relationship between stomatal characters and atmospheric CO2.” Geophysical Research Letters 30, no. 19 (2003): HLS1-1-HLS1-4.
Reid CD, Maherali H, Johnson HB, Smith SD, Wullschleger SD, Jackson RB. On the relationship between stomatal characters and atmospheric CO2. Geophysical Research Letters. 2003;30(19):HLS1-1-HLS1-4.
Reid, C. D., et al. “On the relationship between stomatal characters and atmospheric CO2.” Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 30, no. 19, 2003, pp. HLS1-1-HLS1-4.
Reid CD, Maherali H, Johnson HB, Smith SD, Wullschleger SD, Jackson RB. On the relationship between stomatal characters and atmospheric CO2. Geophysical Research Letters. 2003;30(19):HLS1-1-HLS1-4.

Published In

Geophysical Research Letters

Publication Date

2003

Volume

30

Issue

19

Start / End Page

HLS 1-1 - HLS 1-4

Related Subject Headings

  • Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences