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. 1983 Mar;80(5):1295–1297. doi: 10.1073/pnas.80.5.1295

Environmental controls on stomatal conductance in a shrub of the humid tropics

H A Mooney *, C Field †, C Vásquez Yanes ‡, C Chu *
PMCID: PMC393582  PMID: 16593286

Abstract

Leaves of Piper hispidum, a shrub native to the lowland tropics of Mexico, have a strong stomatal response to humidity that results in similar rates of water loss under a wide range of leaf-to-air water-vapor concentration gradients. Stomatal conductance of these leaves is insensitive to CO2 concentration and increases in response to high humidity even in the dark.

Keywords: humidity response, leaf gas exchange, understory shrub

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