Leaf Temperatures of Desert Plants
- 1 March 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 159 (3818), 994-995
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.159.3818.994
Abstract
Temperatures of small leaves of many desert plants are within 3°C of air temperature in contrast to the temperature of Opuntia in the same locale; this plant has a temperature 10° to 16°C above air temperature. Theoretical4 justification for the observation is given based on an energy budget analysis.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Transpiration and Energy ExchangeThe Quarterly Review of Biology, 1966
- Cytophysiological and Cytoecological Investigations of Heat Resistance of Plant Cells Toward the Action of High and Low TemperatureThe Quarterly Review of Biology, 1964