Stomatal density and aperture in non-vascular land plants are non-responsive to above-ambient atmospheric CO2 concentrations

Annals of Botany

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 915-922

  Field, Katie J ^a   Duckett, Jeffrey G ^b   Cameron, Duncan D ^a   Pressel, Silvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthoceros punctatus; Atmospheric CO2; bryophytes; carbon dioxide; evolution; Funaria hygrometrica; hornworts; Mnium hornum; mosses; palaeo atmospheric environment; Phaeoceros laevis; Polytrichum juniperinum; stomatal density

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; BRYOPHYTE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GROWTH RATE; MOSS; PALEOATMOSPHERE; SPOROPHYTE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; VASCULAR PLANT;

ANTHOCEROS PUNCTATUS; ANTHOCEROTOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNARIA (MOSS); FUNARIA HYGROMETRICA; MNIUM HORNUM; PHAEOCEROS LAEVIS; POLYTRICHUM; POLYTRICHUM JUNIPERINUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; MOSS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STOMA; RADIATION RESPONSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ATMOSPHERE; BRYOPHYTA; CARBON DIOXIDE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT STOMATA;

EID: 84928969489     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcv021     Document Type: Article

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