COMPARATIVE ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF ENCELIA-FARINOSA AND ENCELIA-FRUTESCENS .1. ENERGY-BALANCE CONSIDERATIONS
COMPARATIVE ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF ENCELIA-FARINOSA AND ENCELIA-FRUTESCENS .1. ENERGY-BALANCE CONSIDERATIONS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00397869
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发表时间:
1988-01-01
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影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
EHLERINGER, JR
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作者:
EHLERINGER, JR
Encelia farinosa and Encelia frutescens are drought-deciduous shrubs whose distributions overlap throughout much of the Sonoran Desert [USA]. During hot and dry periods, leaves of E. farinosa utilize increased leaf reflectance to reduce leaf temperature, whereas leaves of E. frutescens have substantially higher leaf conductances and rely on increased transpirational cooling to reduce leaf temperature. E. farinosa is common on the dry slope microhabitats, whereas E. frutescens occurs only in wash microhabitats where greater soil moisture is available to provide the water necessary for transpirational cooling. E. farinosa tends not to persist in wash microhabitats because of its greater susceptibility to flashfloods. The consequences and significance of increased leaf reflectance versus increased transpirational cooling to leaf temperature regulation are discussed.