Are paleoclimate estimates biased by foliar physiognomic responses to increased atmospheric CO2?

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 39-51

  Gregory, Kathryn M ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA;

ANGIOSPERM; CARBON DIOXIDE; LEAF; PALAEOCLIMATE; PHYSIOGNOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERTIARY;

EID: 0030201426     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(96)00015-6     Document Type: Article

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