The transpiration rate decline and its drop were related to the decline of stomatal conductance.

高温胁迫使蒸腾速率下降，且下降幅度与气孔导度降幅相关性显著。

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At the current rate of decline, many of the rain forest animals could become extinct in less than 10 years.

按照目前的下降速度，许多雨林动物不到十年就会绝种。

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"Certainly the good news is that the rate of deaths of children under five years of age continued to decline in two thousand eight.

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This exceeds the average rate decline for all credit cards, meaning that they are now more expensive on an inflation-adjusted basis.

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It was largely responsible for a shocking business formation rate decline of 14.3 percent in the third quarter of 2007 in Arizona, rates of business formation in California and New Mexico increased over the same time.

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