Leaf margins and temperature in the North American flora: Recalibrating the paleoclimatic thermometer

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 523-534

  Adams, J M ^a   Green, W A ^b   Zhang, Y ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

floristics; leaf margin analysis (LMA); North America; synthetic floras; temperature; trees

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CENOZOIC; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DICOTYLEDON; FLORISTICS; LEAF AREA; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE;

NORTH AMERICA;

DICOTYLEDONEAE;

EID: 38349172414     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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