An Inverse Scaling Relationship between Stomatal Density and Mean Nearest Neighbor Distance: Evidence from a

Manli Sun, Ülo Niinemets, Qiying Li, Yabing Jiao, Weihao Yao, Peijian Shi

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

Revisiting the relationship between stomatal size and speed across species - a meta-analysis.The New phytologist · 2026
Pooled it
Reduced stomatal density improves water-use efficiency in grapevine under climate scenarios of decreased water availability.Plant cell reports · 2025
Article
Multiple Response Mechanisms of Plants to Drought Stress.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
Article
Significant correlation between leaf vein length per unit area and stomatal density: evidence from Red Tip and Chinese photinias.Frontiers in plant science · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Manli SunArchives, Bamboo Research Institute, College of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.

Ülo NiinemetsInstitute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, 51006 Tartu, Estonia.

Qiying LiArchives, Bamboo Research Institute, College of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.

Yabing JiaoArchives, Bamboo Research Institute, College of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.

Weihao YaoArchives, Bamboo Research Institute, College of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.

Peijian ShiArchives, Bamboo Research Institute, College of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4696-0130

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stomata are involved in transpiration and CO

Indexed as

Chinese photiniadrought-tolerant plantsred tip photiniaregular distributionspatial repulsionstomatal aggregation index

Identifiers

PMID37960057

DOI10.3390/plants12213701

PMCPMC10650524

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