Stomatal patchiness and task-performing networks.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patchy stomatal conductance is a poorly understood and little-studied phenomenon. It is relatively common, yet it appears to be detrimental to water-use efficiency under some conditions and has no immediately obvious physiological function of any kind. Much of the difficulty in studying patchy stomatal conductance is tied to its unpredictability, both in occurrence and in characteristics.

Scope and conclusions

Statistical analyses of the variability of stomatal patchiness reveal remarkable similarities to structures and behaviours found in locally connected networks of dynamic units that perform tasks. Such systems solve problems that reside at the level of the entire network despite the absence of a central processor or a mechanism for directly sharing informatio

SUBMITTER: Mott KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2802990 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature