Plants and the Earth system - past events and future challenges

New Phytologist

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 370-373

  Coates, Juliet C ^a   Moody, Laura A ^a   Saidi, Younousse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Biodiversity; Colonization; Evolution; Fossil plants; Mycorrhizal symbiosis; Nitrogen fixing symbiosis; Phylogenetic models

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PLANT; TIME;

ATMOSPHERE; EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650334204     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03596.x     Document Type: Note

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