Seeing the forest with the leaves - Clues to canopy placement from leaf fossil size and venation characteristics

Geobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-199

  Boyce, C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOSSIL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LIGHT EFFECT; MICROCLIMATE; ONTOGENY; PALEOBOTANY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL; GINKGO BILOBA; HISTOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TREE;

ENVIRONMENT; FOSSILS; GINKGO BILOBA; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANT LEAVES; TREES;

GINKGO BILOBA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; QUERCUS;

EID: 63449123738     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2008.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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