High CO2 increases the freezing sensitivity of plants: Implications for paleoclimatic reconstructions from fossil floras

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 963-966

  Royer, Dana L ^a   Osborne, Colin P ^a   Beerling, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Paleobotany; Paleoclimate; Paleotemperature

Indexed keywords

COLDEST MONTH MEAN TEMPERATURE (CMMT);

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

GEOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036861416     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0963:HCITFS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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