13C discrimination by fossil leaves during the late-glacial climate oscillation 12-10 ka BP: Measurements and physiological controls

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-37

  Beerling, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C discrimination; Atmospheric CO2; Late glacial climate; Salix herbacea; Stomatal density

Indexed keywords

SALIX; SALIX HERBACEA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; FOSSIL LEAF; LAST GLACIAL; LAST GLACIATION; LATE GLACIAL; LEAF; OXYGEN ISOTOPE;

EID: 0029659905     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00333211     Document Type: Article

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