Relating Stomatal Conductance to Leaf Functional TraitsWenzel Kröber 1, Isa Plath 1, Heike Heklau 1, Helge Bruelheide 1,2
1Institute of Biology / Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, 2German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Unraveling how physiology and morphology are linked allows a deeper understanding of mechanistic functioning of plant leaves. We present both a procedure to derive parameters of stomatal regulation from stomatal conductance measurements and correlations with traditional functional leaf traits.