Falling atmospheric CO2—the key to megaphyll leaf origins

The Evolution of Plant Physiology: From whole plants to ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 197-215

  Osborne, Colin P ^a   Chaloner, William G ^b   Beerling, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012339552-8/50012-3     Document Type: Chapter

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