Carbon isotope compositions of terrestrial C3 plants as indicators of (paleo)ecology and (paleo)climate

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 46, 2010, Pages 19691-19695

  Kohn, Matthew J ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aridity; Carbon cycle; Closed canopy; Paleoprecipitation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ALTITUDE; BIOMASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; LATITUDE; NONHUMAN; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 78650526382     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1004933107     Document Type: Article

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