Sensitivity of plants to changing atmospheric CO2 concentration: From the geological past to the next century

New Phytologist

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1077-1094

  Franks, Peter J ^a   Adams, Mark A ^a   Amthor, Jeffrey S ^a   Barbour, Margaret M ^a   Berry, Joseph A ^b   Ellsworth, David S ^c   Farquhar, Graham D ^d   Ghannoum, Oula ^c   Lloyd, Jon ^e,f   McDowell, Nate ^g   Norby, Richard J ^h   Tissue, David T ^c   von Caemmerer, Susanne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^g LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; CO 2; Drought; Fossils; Global climate models; Plant gas exchange; Stomatal conductance; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ANATOMY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPLAST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DIFFUSION; DROUGHT STRESS; GAS EXCHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TIMESCALE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT STOMA; REVIEW; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT STOMATA; PLANTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

EID: 84873264986     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12104     Document Type: Review

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