Historical analysis of mangrove leaf traits throughout the 19th and 20th centuries reveals differential responses to increases in atmospheric CO2

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1209-1214

  Reef, Ruth ^a   Lovelock, Catherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue carbon; Carbon sequestration; Climate change; Herbarium; Specific leaf area; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908472355     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12211     Document Type: Article

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