Leaf physiognomy and climate: Are monsoon systems different?

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 56-62

  Jacques, Frédéric M B ^a,b   Su, Tao ^b,c   Spicer, Robert A ^d,e   Xing, Yaowu ^b,f   Huang, Yongjiang ^b,c   Wang, Weiming ^a   Zhou, Zhekun ^b,f  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^f KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; China; CLAMP; Leaf physiognomy; Monsoon; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CHINA; CLAMP; LEAF PHYSIOGNOMY; MONSOON; PALAEOCLIMATE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ENTHALPY; MOISTURE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

CALIBRATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DICOTYLEDON; ENTHALPY; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MONSOON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONALITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION TYPE;

CHINA;

DICOTYLEDONEAE;

EID: 79952312127     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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