Evaporative Cooling Regulates Leaf Temperature and Respiration in Riparian and Upland Mesquite Trees

Christopher Linscott Kibler1, Anna T Trugman1, Dar A Roberts1, Russell L Scott2, Kelly K Caylor3, John C Stella4 and Michael Bliss Singer5, (1)University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Geography, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (2)USDA-ARS, Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Geography, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Earth Research Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (4)SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Sustainable Resources Management, Syracuse, NY, United States, (5)Cardiff University, Water Research Institute, Cardiff, United Kingdom