Plant Ecological Strategies Shift Across the Cretaceous–Paleogene Boundary

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Blonder, Benjamin ^a,b   Royer, Dana L ^c   Johnson, Kirk R ^d   Miller, Ian ^e   Enquist, Brian J ^a,b,f  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^f SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CARBON FIXATION; CRETACEOUS; END CRETACEOUS MASS EXTINCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL PLANT; LEAF VEIN; NONHUMAN; PALEOGENE; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES EXTINCTION; UNITED STATES; VARIANCE; WINTER; ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANGIOSPERMS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORTH DAKOTA; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 84920452784     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001949     Document Type: Article

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