An overview of models of stomatal conductance at the leaf level

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1419-1438

  Damour, Gaëlle ^a   Simonneau, Thierry ^b   Cochard, Hervé ^c   Urban, Laurent ^d  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UMR 759 LEPSE   (France)

^c PIAF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

Author keywords

Abscissic acid; Hydraulic conductance; Hydrogen peroxide; Photosynthesis; Transpiration; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROP PLANT; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL CHANGE; HORMONE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LEAF; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER STRESS; WATER SUPPLY;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STOMA; REVIEW;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DROUGHTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

EID: 77955235936     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02181.x     Document Type: Review

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