Determinants of leaf temperature in California Mimulus species at different altitudes |
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Authors: | C Field N Chiariello W E Williams |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, 94305 Stanford, CA, USA;(2) Present address: Department of Biology, University of Utah, 84112 Salt Lake City, UT, USA;(3) Present address: Department of Botany, University of Illinois, 61801 Urbana, IL, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Leaf energy balance and gas-exchange characteristics were studied in Mimulus cardinalis at 400 m and Mimulus lewisii at 2,700 m in the Sierra Nevada of central California. In contrast to previous observations, leaf temperatures were not near 30° C at air temperatures from 20 to 40° C but were coupled quite closely to air temperature. Stomatal conductance in both species decreased in response to increases in the water vapor concentration gradient, a response opposite that required to establish 30°C leaf temperatures over a wide range of air temperatures. The temperature optima for photosynthesis were broad in both species but 5° C higher for M. cardinalis than for M. lewisii. The direct or indirect effects of altitude did not contribute significantly to the maintenance of constant leaf temperatures. For both species, maintaining constant leaf temperatures appears to be less important than avoiding inhibitory water stress or diffusion limitation of photosynthesis. |
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