Habitability of planets around red dwarf stars

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 405-424

  Heath, Martin J ^a   Doyle, Laurance R ^b   Joshi, Manoj M ^c   Haberle, Robert M ^c  

^a Biospheres Project   (United Kingdom)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

EVOLUTION; PLANET;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; CLIMATE; LIFE; MICROCLIMATE; NON-PROGRAMMATIC; PLANT; TIME;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; CLIMATE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; LIFE; OXYGEN; PLANETS; PLANTS; SOLAR SYSTEM; TIME;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032825022     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006596718708     Document Type: Article

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