AVOIDING LETHAL OVER-HEATING. “The rise in stomatal density held special significance for the evolution of leaves by permitting greater evaporative cooling and alleviating the requirement for convective heat loss. Simulations indicate that archaic land plants with axial stems, few stomata, and low transpiration rates only avoided lethal over-heating because they intercepted a minimal quantity of solar energy.”
http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/96/3/345.full.pdf
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022