Estimation of rainfall variables from leaf characters in tropical Africa

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 231-250

  Jacobs, Bonnie Fine ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Leaves; Mathematical models; Paleobotany; Paleoclimatology; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; PALEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0032945531     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00102-3     Document Type: Article

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