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How and why we can estimate atmospheric CO2 concentration from stomatal density?
Horská, Jana ; Lhotáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Kutík, Jaromír (referee)
The atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration have always been fluctuating. In the past [CO2] did not ever increase as quickly as in the last 200 years and apparently human activities such as fosil fuel burnig conribute significantly to this increase. Changes in stomatal frequency as a reaction on changes in [CO2] were observed on several species of living plants. It leads to investigation of stomatal fequency of herbarium samples and fossil plants. These estimates of stomatal frequency were consequently used to estimate levels of atmospheric [CO2] in the past. This study describes behavior of stomata in variable [CO2] and summarizes influence of environmental factors on stomatal patterning. The differences in responses between groups of plants of different evolutionary origin are considered. The advantages and disadvantages of selected stomatal parameters are discussed considering their suitability as tools for [CO2] estimate in the past.

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