Relationships of stomatal morphology to the environment across plant communities

C Liu, L Sack, Y Li, J Zhang, K Yu, Q Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The relationship between stomatal traits and environmental drivers across plant
communities has important implications for ecosystem carbon and water fluxes, but it has …

Drought stress triggers alterations of adaxial and abaxial stomatal development in basil leaves increasing water-use efficiency

E Driesen, M De Proft, W Saeys - Horticulture Research, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The physiological control of stomatal opening by which plants adjust for water availability
has been extensively researched. However, the impact of water availability on stomatal …

Leaf anatomy and function

R Oguchi, Y Onoda, I Terashima, D Tholen - The leaf: a platform for …, 2018 - Springer
Plant leaves provide the following main functions:(1) light interception and utilization of light
energy for photosynthesis. This includes efficient light absorption under low and moderate …

Light and growth form interact to shape stomatal ratio among British angiosperms

CD Muir - New Phytologist, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In most plants, stomata are located only on the abaxial leaf surface (hypostomy), but many
plants have stomata on both surfaces (amphistomy). High light and herbaceous growth form …

Low relative air humidity and increased stomatal density independently hamper growth in young Arabidopsis

I Tulva, K Koolmeister, H Hõrak - The Plant Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Stomatal pores in plant leaves mediate CO2 uptake for photosynthesis and water loss via
transpiration. Altered stomatal density can affect plant photosynthetic capacity, water use …

Recovery of Mediterranean steppe vegetation after cultivation: Legacy effects on plant composition, soil properties and functional traits

J Helm, T Dutoit, A Saatkamp, SF Bucher… - Applied Vegetation …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Questions Are the vegetation structure and soil properties of fallows similar to adjacent
species‐rich Mediterranean steppe communities 35 years after abandonment? Is there a …

Plant intraspecific functional trait variation is related to within‐habitat heterogeneity and genetic diversity in Trifolium montanum L.

K Karbstein, K Prinz, F Hellwig… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Intraspecific trait variation (ITV), based on available genetic diversity, is one of the major
means plant populations can respond to environmental variability. The study of functional …

Temporal and spatial trade-offs between resistance and performance traits in herbaceous plant species

SF Bucher, R Feiler, O Buchner, G Neuner… - Environmental and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Frost resistance (FR) is a highly adaptive trait and important for plant performance, survival
and distribution. While overall seasonal changes in the frost resistance of herbaceous …

Vapor pressure deficit drives the mortality of understorey woody plants during drought recovery in the Atlantic Forest

RK Hollunder, ML Garbin, FR Scarano… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Question Drought‐induced tree mortality has been documented in forests worldwide but the
mechanisms related to drought recovery are still poorly understood. To better predict forest …

Habitat fragmentation affects climate adaptation in a forest herb

F Van Daele, O Honnay, S Janssens… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change and the resulting increased drought frequencies pose considerable threats
to forest herb populations, particularly where additional environmental challenges …