Abstract
Water is one of the main factors limiting production in mediterranean-type ecosystems. The degree of stomatal opening and thereby leaf conductance largely determine rates of transpiration during drought periods and along with other factors control rates of carbon uptake (see Beyschlag et al., Tenhunen et al. and other related papers in this volume) and water use efficiency. This study examined the water relations and control of stomatal conductance in several plant species subjected to drought, at each of three sites differing in amounts and seasonal distribution of precipitation and at intervals throughout all seasons. The data were gathered as part of a study of the water balance of shrubs growing at the chaparral-desert ecotones in Arizona and southern California, designed to examine potentials for anti-desertification (Roberts and Blake-Jacobson 1984).
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Blake-Jacobson, M.E. (1987). Stomatal conductance and water relations of shrubs growing at the chaparral-desert ecotone in California and Arizona. In: Tenhunen, J.D., Catarino, F.M., Lange, O.L., Oechel, W.C. (eds) Plant Response to Stress. NATO ASI Series, vol 15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70868-8_13
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