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We determined how ecophysiological characteristics of two juniper species,  Juniperus occidentalis  Hook. (western juniper) and  Juniperus osteosperma  (Torr.) Little (Utah juniper), changed along altitudinal and regional environmental gradients in the Great Basin of western North America. We obtained diurnal measurements of leaf gas exchange and xylem water potential (Ψ) from plants at a low and a high altitude site within each of six mountain ranges during fall 1994, spring, summer, and fall 1995, and summer 1996. We also determined carbon isotope composition (δ 13 C) of leaf cellulose produced during the 1995 growing season. Overall, leaf gas exchange, Ψ and δ 13 C did not differ significantly between species. Differences in daily ( A   d ) and season-long ( A   s ) carbon assimilation among mountain ranges suggested two groupings—a group of northern ranges and a group of southern ranges. Each group contained one mountain range with  J. occidentalis  and two with  J. osteosperma . Differences in carbon assimilation based on this grouping were associated with two findings: (1) conductance of CO 2  from substomatal cavities to the site of carboxylation ( g   m ) for junipers in the northern ranges averaged almost twice that of junipers in the southern ranges; and (2) physiological shifts occurred such that  A   d  of junipers in the northern ranges was influenced more by Ψ pd , whereas  A   d  of junipers in the southern ranges was influenced more by leaf temperature. Mean δ 13 C over all trees at a site was significantly correlated with annual precipitation. Significant differences in  A   d  occurred between altitudes, but these differences were associated with differences in the timing of optimum leaf temperature for photosynthesis rather than with physiological acclimation to temperature, irradiance, or Ψ. Most gas exchange parameters (e.g., assimilation, transpiration, stomatal conductance, and water use efficiency) varied seasonally, and the seasonal differences were strongly influenced by water stress.

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Gas exchange and carbon isotope discrimination of  Juniperus osteosperma  and  Juniperus occidentalis  across environmental gradients in the Great Basin of western North America