Leaf structural responses to pre-industrial, current and elevated atmospheric [CO2] and temperature affect leaf function in Eucalyptus sideroxylon

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 285-296

  Smith, Renee A ^a   Lewis, James D ^a,b   Ghannoum, Oula ^a   Tissue, David T ^a  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

leaf anatomy; leaf physiology; nitrogen; photosynthesis; pre industrial CO2 ; stomata; temperature

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; LEAF AREA; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS SIDEROXYLON;

EID: 84860761354     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP11238     Document Type: Review

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