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Provedor de dados: 	36	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Density, size and distribution of stomata in 35 rainforest tree species in Central Amazonia	
Autores: 	Camargo,Miguel Angelo Branco; Marenco,Ricardo Antonio.	
Data: 	2011-01-01	
Ano: 	2011	
Palavras-chave: 	Amazonia; Hypostomatous leaves; Stomatal density; Stomatal length; Tropical rainforest.	
Resumo: 	Stomata are turgor-operated valves that control water loss and CO2 uptake during photosynthesis, and thereby water relation and plant biomass accumulation is closely related to stomatal functioning. The aims of this work were to document how stomata are distributed on the leaf surface and to determine if there is any significant variation in stomatal characteristics among Amazonian tree species, and finally to study the relationship between stomatal density (S D) and tree height. Thirty five trees (&amp;gt;17 m tall) of different species were selected. Stomatal type, density (S D), size (S S) and stomatal distribution on the leaf surface were determined using nail polish imprints taken from both leaf surfaces. Irrespective of tree species, stomata were located only on the abaxial surface (hypostomaty), with large variation in both S D and S S among species. S D ranged from 110 mm-2 in Neea altissima to 846 mm-2 in Qualea acuminata. However, in most species S D ranges between 271 and 543 mm-2, with a negative relationship between S D and S S. We also found a positive relationship between S D and tree height (r² = 0.14, p &lt; 0.01), but no correlation was found between S D and leaf thickness. The most common stomatal type was anomocytic (37%), followed by paracytic (26%) and anisocytic (11%). We conclude that in Amazonian tree species, stomatal distribution on the leaf surface is a response most likely dependent on the genetic background of every species, rather than a reaction to environmental changes, and that somehow S D is influenced by environmental factors dependent on tree height.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672011000200004	
Editor: 	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia	
Relação: 	10.1590/S0044-59672011000200004	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Acta Amazonica  v.41 n.2 2011	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess