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- Southern Hemisphere, and imbricate leaf arrangement were expressed as a percentage inhibition of
- maximum leaf conductance (gmax) calculated from the ratio of measured gmax to theoretical gmax.
- Because of the similar stomatal dimensions of all species, measured gmax was proportional to stomatal
- density in plugged and unplugged species, with species without wax plugs producing maximum leaf
- conductances on average 91% of calculated gmax, while in species with plugged stomata measured gmax
- was on average only 35% of theoretical gmax. There was no effect produced by imbricacy in itself, but
- when combined with epistomy, gmax was significantly reduced to about 17% of theoretical gmax. This is
- clearly illustrated by comparisons of juvenile–adult foliage, and closely related imbricate and nonimbricate
- species. The adaptational advantages of imbricacy and wax plugs, and the potential for
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- <h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Imbricacy and Stomatal Wax Plugs Reduce Maximum Leaf Conductance in Southern Hemisphere Conifers</h1>
- <p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Brodribb, Tim J.</span> and <span class="person_name">Hill, Robert S.</span> (1997) <xhtml:em>Imbricacy and Stomatal Wax Plugs Reduce Maximum Leaf Conductance in Southern Hemisphere Conifers.</xhtml:em> Australian Journal of Botany, 45 (4). pp. 657-668. ISSN 0067-1924</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2649/1/stomatal_plugs.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2649/1/stomatal_plugs.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />481Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input accept-charset="utf-8" value="3473" name="docid" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT96060">http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT96060</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">An examination of the relationship between theoretical maximum leaf conductance as calculated from
- stomatal dimensions, and measured maximum leaf conductance was undertaken in a group of Southern
- Hemisphere conifers. The relative effects of stomatal wax plugs, found in most species of conifers in the
- Southern Hemisphere, and imbricate leaf arrangement were expressed as a percentage inhibition of
- maximum leaf conductance (gmax) calculated from the ratio of measured gmax to theoretical gmax.
- Because of the similar stomatal dimensions of all species, measured gmax was proportional to stomatal
- density in plugged and unplugged species, with species without wax plugs producing maximum leaf
- conductances on average 91% of calculated gmax, while in species with plugged stomata measured gmax
- was on average only 35% of theoretical gmax. There was no effect produced by imbricacy in itself, but
- when combined with epistomy, gmax was significantly reduced to about 17% of theoretical gmax. This is
- clearly illustrated by comparisons of juvenile–adult foliage, and closely related imbricate and nonimbricate
- species. The adaptational advantages of imbricacy and wax plugs, and the potential for
- inferring gmax of fossil taxa are discussed.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">UNSPECIFIED</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2649</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Scholarly Publications Librarian</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">11 Dec 2007 08:52</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2649;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=2649">item control page</a></p>
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