Expansion of C4 ecosystems as an indicator of global ecological change in the late Miocene

Nature

Volumn 361, Issue 6410, 1993, Pages 344-345

  Cerling, Thure E ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Quade, Jay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPERACEAE; POACEAE;

C4 PATHWAY; CARBON DIOXIDE; MIOCENE; PALAEOCLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 0027488150     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/361344a0     Document Type: Article

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