Molecular and carbon isotopic composition of leaf wax in vegetation and aerosols in a northern prairie ecosystem

Oecologia

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-77

  Conte, Maureen H ^a   Weber, John C ^a   Carlson, Peter J ^b   Flanagan, Lawrence B ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Alberta; Biomarkers; Carbon isotope discrimination; Leaf waxes

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; WAX;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON SMITHII; BOUTELOUA; BOUTELOUA GRACILIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PASCOPYRUM SMITHII; STIPA; STIPA VIRIDULA; TRAGOPOGON; TRAGOPOGON DUBIUS; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0037359948     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1157-4     Document Type: Article

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