Leaf form and the reconstruction of past climates

New Phytologist

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 355-357

  Greenwood, David R ^a  

^a BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Leaf physiognomy; Palaeobotany; Palaeoclimates; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; NOTE; PLANT LEAF;

CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 17644428068     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01380.x     Document Type: Note

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