Leaf wax n-alkanes and δ13C values of CAM plants from arid southwest Africa

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-102

  Boom, A ^a   Carr, A S ^a   Chase, B M ^b,c   Grimes, H L ^a   Meadows, M E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C VALUES; CRASSULACEAN ACID METABOLISM; N-ALKANES; SOIL COMPOSITION;

CAMS; METABOLISM; PARAFFINS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALKANE; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; METABOLISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

AFRICA;

CRASSULACEAE;

EID: 84892963303     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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