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Stomatal sensitivity to vapour pressure difference over a subambient to elevated CO2 gradient in a C3/C4 grassland

  1. H. MAHERALI1,*,
  2. H. B. JOHNSON2,
  3. R. B. JACKSON1,3

Article first published online: 1 JUL 2003

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.01054.x

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Plant, Cell & Environment

Volume 26, Issue 8, pages 1297–1306, August 2003

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MAHERALI, H., JOHNSON, H. B. and JACKSON, R. B. (2003), Stomatal sensitivity to vapour pressure difference over a subambient to elevated CO2 gradient in a C3/C4 grassland. Plant, Cell & Environment, 26: 1297–1306. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.01054.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA,

  2. 2

    USDA-ARS, Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory, Temple, TX 76502, USA and

  3. 3

    Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA

* (present address): Hafiz Maherali, Department of Botany, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada. E-mail: maherali@uoguelph.ca

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