Open AccessFinal Scientific Report DE-FGO3-97ER62460 Stomatal Responses to CO2: A Comparison of Woody and Herbaceous Species in Arid and Humid Climates
Author(s) -
George Koch
Publication year - 2003
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/820420
Subject(s) - herbaceous plant , arid , stomatal conductance , vegetation (pathology) , environmental science , carbon dioxide , atmospheric sciences , botany , ecology , photosynthesis , biology , geology , medicine , pathology
OAK-B135 The project involved a study of a fundamental response of terrestrial vegetation to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration, namely, the change in leaf conductance to gas diffusion associated with a change in the aperture of the microscopic pores (stomata) on the surface of leaves