Changes in land plant function over the phanerozoic: Reconstructions based on the fossil record

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-153

  Beerllng, D J ^a   Woodward, F I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Geothermal springs; Photosynthesis; Stable carbon isotopes; Stomata; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ENTOVALVA;

EID: 0030877932     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.1997.0098     Document Type: Article

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