Stomatal density responses of temperate woodland plants over the past seven decades of CO2 increase: A comparison of salisbury (1927) with contemporary data

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1572-1583

  Beerling, D J ^a   Kelly, C K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric CO2; Euphorbiacede; Evolutionary comparative methods; Mercurlialis perennis; Stomata; Woodland floras

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE INCREASE; LEAF; STOMATAL DENSITY;

CAMBRIDGE; ENGLAND; UK;

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; MERCURIALIS PERENNIS;

EID: 0030730872     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446619     Document Type: Article

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