Browsing by Author "Mc Elwain, Jennifer"
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Carboniferous plant physiology breaks the mold
Mc Elwain, Jennifer (Wiley, 2020)How plants have shaped Earth surface feedbacks over geologic time is a key question in botanical and geological inquiry. Recent work has suggested that biomes during the Carboniferous Period contained plants with extraordinary ... -
Consistent Relationship between Field-Measured Stomatal Conductance and Theoretical Maximum Stomatal Conductance in C3 Woody Angiosperms in Four Major Biomes
Yiotis, Charilaos; Mc Elwain, Jennifer (University of Chicago Press, 2020)Premise of research. Understanding the relationship between field-measured operating stomatal conductance (gop) and theoretical maximum stomatal conductance (gmax), calculated from stomatal density and geometry, provides ... -
Convergence in maximum stomatal conductance of C3 woody angiosperms in natural ecosystems across bioclimatic zones
Mc Elwain, Jennifer (2019)Stomatal conductance (gs) in terrestrial vegetation regulates the uptake of atmospheric carbon dioxide for photosynthesis and water loss through transpiration, closely linking the biosphere and atmosphere and influencing ... -
Enhancing the productivity of ryegrass at elevated CO2is dependent on tillering and leaf area development rather than leaf-level photosynthesis
Mc Elwain, Jennifer (2021)Whilst a range of strategies have been proposed for enhancing crop productivity, many recent studies have focused primarily on enhancing leaf photosynthesis under current atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Given ... -
Heritable Changes in Physiological Gas Exchange Traits in Response to Long-Term, Moderate Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment
Mc Elwain, Jennifer (2019)Atmospheric carbon dioxide ([CO2]) concentrations significantly alter developmental plant traits with potentially far-reaching consequences for ecosystem function and productivity. However, contemporary evolutionary responses ... -
Plant responses to decadal scale increments in atmospheric CO2 concentration: comparing two stomatal conductance sampling methods
Yiotis, Charilaos; Mc Elwain, Jennifer (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020)Our study demonstrated that the species respond non-linearly to increases in CO2 concentration when exposed to decadal changes in CO2, representing the year 1987, 2025, 2051, and 2070, respectively. There are several lines ... -
Rising CO2 drives divergence in water use efficiency of evergreen and deciduous plants
Yiotis, Charilaos; Mc Elwain, Jennifer (American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2019)Intrinsic water use efficiency (iWUE), defined as the ratio of photosynthesis to stomatal conductance, is a key variable in plant physiology and ecology. Yet, how rising atmospheric CO2 concentration affects iWUE at broad ...