Differences in stomatal number per unit area within the same species under different micro-environmental conditions: A working hypothesis

Abstract A summary of Salisbury's (1927) work on stomata is presented here. He found, basically, that the number of stomata per unit area increased under more xerophytic conditions. This is contrary to prevalent opinion, that postulates that under more humid conditions, the number of stomata ca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eduardo Lleras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 1977-12-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59671977000400473&tlng=en