Assessing the potential for the stomatal characters of extant and fossil Ginkgo leaves to signal atmospheric CO2 change

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1309-1315

  Chen, L I Qun ^a   Li, Cheng Sen ^a   Chaloner, William G ^b   Beerling, David J ^c   Sun, Q I Gao ^a   Collinson, Margaret E ^b   Mitchell, Peter L ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric CO2; Cuticles; Ginkgo; Plant fossils; Stomatal density; Stomatal index; Stomatal ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000523719     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3558342     Document Type: Article

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