Wound response in fossil trees from Antarctica and its potential as a paleoenvironmental indicator

IAWA Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-88

  Putz, Michelle K ^b,c   Taylor, Edith L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Fire; Flood; Fossil wood; Wound

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0001962760     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90000627     Document Type: Article

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