Glacial trees from the La Brea tar pits show physiological constraints of low CO 2

New Phytologist

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-69

  Gerhart, Laci M ^a   Harris, John M ^b   Nippert, Jesse B ^c   Sandquist, Darren R ^d   Ward, Joy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

c i c a; Carbon isotopes; Interannual variation; Juniperus; Last glacial period; Low CO 2; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; TAR;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; LAST GLACIAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TREE RING;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; DRUG EFFECT; ICE COVER; ISOTOPE LABELING; JUNIPERUS; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; ICE COVER; ISOTOPE LABELING; JUNIPERUS; LOS ANGELES; TARS; TREES;

CALIFORNIA; RANCHO LA BREA; UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS;

EID: 84857398412     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.04025.x     Document Type: Article

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