Internal conductance does not scale with photosynthetic capacity: Implications for carbon isotope discrimination and the economics of water and nitrogen use in photosynthesis

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-201

  Warren, Charles R ^a   Adams, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economics; Mesophyll conductance; Stomatal conductance; Transfer conductance; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; WATER;

NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; WATER;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 33645052443     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01412.x     Document Type: Article

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