Habitat-related error in estimating temperatures from leaf margins in a humid tropical forest

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1096-1102

  Burnham, Robyn J ^a   Pitman, Nigel C A ^b   Johnson, Kirk R ^c   Wilf, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Denver Museum Natural History   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonian Ecuador; Leaf margin analysis; National Park; Paleoclimate; Paleoenvironment; Paleotemperature; R o tiputini; Tropical forests; Yasun

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0001479473     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657093     Document Type: Article

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