Critical issues in trace gas biogeochemistry and global change

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1856, 2007, Pages 1629-1642

  Beerling, David J ^a   Hewitt, C Nicholas ^b   Pyle, John A ^c   Raven, John A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition; Climate change; Isoprene; Methane; Ozone; Palaeoclimates

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547379201     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2037     Document Type: Article

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