A high level of atmospheric oxygen, as occurred toward the end of the Cretaceous period, increases leaf diffusion conductance

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 335, 1999, Pages 869-872

  Rachmilevitch, Shimon ^a   Reuveni, Joseph ^a   Pearcy, Robert W ^b   Gale, Joseph ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Oxygen; Palaeo atmosphere; Stomata

Indexed keywords

ATRIPLEX PROSTATA; FLAVERIA PRINGLEI; XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM;

EID: 0033018955     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/50.335.869     Document Type: Article

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