The anatomical diversity of recent and fossil leaves of the durmast oak (Quercus petraea Lieblein/Q. pseudocastanea Goeppert) - Implications for their use as biosensors of palaeoatmospheric CO2 levels

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-30

  Kürschner, Wolfram M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Leaf anatomy; Palaeoclimates; Photomorphogenesis; Quercus petraea; Quercus pseudocastanea; Stomatal frequency

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS; QUERCUS PETRAEA; QUERCUS PSEUDOCASTANEA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; LEAF ANATOMY; MIOCENE; PALAEOCLIMATE; QUERCUS PETRAEA; QUERCUS PSEUDOCASTANEA;

GERMANY;

EID: 0030617521     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(96)00051-6     Document Type: Article

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