Water-use responses of 'living fossil' conifers to CO2 enrichment in a simulated Cretaceous polar environment

Annals of Botany

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 179-188

  Llorens, Laura ^a   Osborne, Colin P ^a   Beerling, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient polar forests; Canopy transpiration; Conifers; Elevated CO2; Living fossil plants; Paleoecology; Stable carbon isotopes; Stomatal conductance; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; COLD CLIMATE; CONIFER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; COLD CLIMATE; CONIFEROPHYTA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; WATER;

EID: 69149101981     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp108     Document Type: Article

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