
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kao, Wen-Yuan 
A1  - Chang, Kuo-Wei 
T1  - Altitudinal trends in photosynthetic rate and leaf characteristics of <emph type="2">Miscanthus</emph> populations from central Taiwan
JF  - Australian Journal of Botany
JO  - Aust. J. Bot.
Y1  - 2001
VL  - 49
IS  - 4
SP  - 509
EP  - 514
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BT00028 
N2  - Leaf photosynthetic rate and leaf characteristics including chlorophyll content, leaf width, leaf mass per area (LMA), stomatal density and the dimensions of guard cells were measured in C 4 Miscanthus spp. growing along an altitudinal gradient from 390 to 2700 m in central Taiwan. The main objective of this study was to understand if morphological and physiological variation occur in leaves of the C 4 plants growing along the altitudinal gradient. Measurements were taken during the growing season, May, July and September, of 1997. Photosynthetic rate, leaf width and guard cell dimensions decreased while LMA and stomatal density increased with altitude. The pattern of continuous variation in the analysed parameters suggests that it is related to some underlying environmental factors (mainly air temperature and CO 2 concentration) associated with changing altitude. 
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