A comparative study of modern and fossil cone scales and seeds of conifers: A geochemical approach

New Phytologist

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 375-393

  Artur Stankiewicz, B ^a,c   Mastalerz, Maria ^b   Kruge, Michael A ^a   Van Bergen, Pim F ^c   Sadowska, Anna ^d  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chemosystematics; Conifers; Ligno cellulose; Principal component analysis; Pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

CONE SCALE; CONIFER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; PINUS; PYROLYSIS; SEED; SEQUOIA;

EID: 0031285075     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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