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      The role of stomata in sensing and driving environmental change.

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          Stomata, the small pores on the surfaces of leaves and stalks, regulate the flow of gases in and out of leaves and thus plants as a whole. They adapt to local and global changes on all timescales from minutes to millennia. Recent data from diverse fields are establishing their central importance to plant physiology, evolution and global ecology. Stomatal morphology, distribution and behaviour respond to a spectrum of signals, from intracellular signalling to global climatic change. Such concerted adaptation results from a web of control systems, reminiscent of a 'scale-free' network, whose untangling requires integrated approaches beyond those currently used.

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          Journal
          Nature
          Nature
          Springer Science and Business Media LLC
          1476-4687
          0028-0836
          Aug 21 2003
          : 424
          : 6951
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Biological Sciences, The Lancaster Environment Centre, University of Lancaster, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK. A.hetherington@lancaster.ac.uk
          Article
          nature01843
          10.1038/nature01843
          12931178
          2575867e-0745-4d1f-b868-ebc0928122a5
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