Stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in pollen grains in order to characterize plant functional groups and photosynthetic pathway types

New Phytologist

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 390-401

  Descolas Gros, Chantal ^a   Schölzel, Christian ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Fourier transform infrared (FTIR); Functional groups; Photosynthetic pathway; Pollen; Sporopollenin; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CARBON; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN;

CARBON ISOTOPES; FOSSILS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLEN; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 34748845187     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02176.x     Document Type: Article

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