On the minimum leaf conductance: its role in models of plant water use, and ecological and environmental controls

Trees tolerate an extreme heatwave via sustained transpirational cooling and increased leaf thermal tolerance

(2018) John E. Drake et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The ecophysiology of leaf cuticular transpiration: are cuticular water permeabilities adapted to ecological conditions?

(2017) Ann-Christin Schuster et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Physico-chemical properties of plant cuticles and their functional and ecological significance

(2017) Victoria Fernández et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Increase in leaf temperature opens stomata and decouples net photosynthesis from stomatal conductance in Pinus taeda and Populus deltoides x nigra

(2017) Josef Urban et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

New insights into the covariation of stomatal, mesophyll and hydraulic conductances from optimization models incorporating nonstomatal limitations to photosynthesis

(2017) Roderick Dewar et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Estimating the sensitivity of stomatal conductance to photosynthesis: a review

(2017) Grace L. Miner et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Why small fluxes matter: the case and approaches for improving measurements of photosynthesis and (photo)respiration

(2016) David T. Hanson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Immediate and potential long-term effects of consecutive heat waves on the photosynthetic performance and water balance in Douglas-fir

(2016) André G. Duarte et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Toward an index of desiccation time to tree mortality under drought

(2016) Chris J. Blackman et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Reduced nighttime transpiration is a relevant breeding target for high water-use efficiency in grapevine

(2016) Aude Coupel-Ledru et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effectiveness of cuticular transpiration barriers in a desert plant at controlling water loss at high temperatures

(2016) Ann-Christin Schuster et al.   AoB Plants

Impact of the representation of stomatal conductance on model projections of heatwave intensity

(2016) Jatin Kala et al.   Scientific Reports

Turgor and the transport of CO2 and water across the cuticle (epidermis) of leaves

(2015) John S. Boyer   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Genetic variation in circadian regulation of nocturnal stomatal conductance enhances carbon assimilation and growth

(2015) Víctor Resco de Dios et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world

(2015) Yan-Shih Lin et al.   Nature Climate Change

Plantecophys - An R Package for Analysing and Modelling Leaf Gas Exchange Data

(2015) Remko A. Duursma   PLoS One

The peaked response of transpiration rate to vapour pressure deficit in field conditions can be explained by the temperature optimum of photosynthesis

(2014) Remko A. Duursma et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Conifer species adapt to low-rainfall climates by following one of two divergent pathways

(2014) Timothy J. Brodribb et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Whole-plant capacitance, embolism resistance and slow transpiration rates all contribute to longer desiccation times in woody angiosperms from arid and wet habitats

(2014) S. M. Gleason et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

How should we model plant responses to drought? An analysis of stomatal and non-stomatal responses to water stress

(2013) Shuangxi Zhou et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Balancing the costs of carbon gain and water transport: testing a new theoretical framework for plant functional ecology

(2013) I. Colin Prentice et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A comprehensive analysis of the physiological and anatomical components involved in higher water loss rates after leaf development at high humidity

(2013) Dimitrios Fanourakis et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Woody clockworks: circadian regulation of night-time water use inEucalyptus globulus

(2013) Víctor Resco de Dios et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Dark-adapted leaf conductance, but not minimum leaf conductance, predicts water use efficiency of soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.)

(2012) Alison E. Walden-Coleman et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE

The importance of leaf cuticle for carbon economy and 
mechanical strength

(2012) Yusuke Onoda et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Optimal stomatal conductance in relation to photosynthesis in climatically contrastingEucalyptusspecies under drought

(2012) ARNAUD HÉROULT et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Towards an improved and more flexible representation of water stress in coupled photosynthesis–stomatal conductance models

(2011) Gregorio Egea et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Optimizing stomatal conductance for maximum carbon gain under water stress: a meta-analysis across plant functional types and climates

(2011) Stefano Manzoni et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Photosynthetic sensitivity to drought varies among populations of Quercus ilex along a rainfall gradient

(2011) Nicolas K. Martin-StPaul et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Plant response to drought stress simulated by ABA application: Changes in chemical composition of cuticular waxes

(2010) Jana Macková et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Reconciling the optimal and empirical approaches to modelling stomatal conductance

(2010) BELINDA E. MEDLYN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Height-related trends in stomatal sensitivity to leaf-to-air vapour pressure deficit in a tall conifer

(2009) D. R. Woodruff et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Genotypic variation for drought stress response traits in soybean. I. Variation in soybean and wildGlycinespp. for epidermal conductance, osmotic potential, and relative water content

(2008) A. T. James et al.  

Comparing model predictions and experimental data for the response of stomatal conductance and guard cell turgor to manipulations of cuticular conductance, leaf-to-air vapour pressure difference and temperature: feedback mechanisms are able to account for all observations

(2008) DEREK EAMUS et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT