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SUBMITTER: Henry C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6667445 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Henry Christian C John Grace P GP Pan Ruihua R Bartlett Megan K MK Fletcher Leila R LR Scoffoni Christine C Sack Lawren L
Nature communications 20190730 1
Stomata, the microvalves on leaf surfaces, exert major influences across scales, from plant growth and productivity to global carbon and water cycling. Stomatal opening enables leaf photosynthesis, and plant growth and water use, whereas plant survival of drought depends on stomatal closure. Here we report that stomatal function is constrained by a safety-efficiency trade-off, such that species with greater stomatal conductance under high water availability (g<sub>max</sub>) show greater sensiti ...[more]