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Do thick leaves avoid thermal damage in critically low wind speeds?

Date

Authors

Leigh, Andrea

Sevanto, S

Ball, Marilyn

Close, John

Ellsworth, David S

Knight, C A

Nicotra, Adrienne

Vogel, S

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Abstract

• Transient lulls in air movement are rarely measured, but can cause leaf temperature to rise rapidly to critical levels. The high heat capacity of thick leaves can damp this rapid change in temperature. However, little is known about the extent to whic

Keywords

Keywords: absorption; damage; desert; environmental stress; heat capacity; leaf morphology; numerical model; survival; temperature effect; temperature profile; transpiration; wind velocity; absorption; article; biological model; desert climate; evapotranspiration; Desert plants; Heat stress; Leaf temperature; Leaf thickness; Thermal damage; Time constant; Wind speed

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/63881

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

New Phytologist

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04058.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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