High potential for weathering and climate effects of non-vascular vegetation in the Late Ordovician

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Porada, P ^a   Lenton, T M ^b   Pohl, A ^c   Weber, B ^d   Mander, L ^e   Donnadieu, Y ^c,f   Beer, C ^a   Poschl U ^d   Kleidon, A ^g  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

BRYOPHYTE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLACIATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; ORDOVICIAN; VASCULAR PLANT; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATITUDE; MOSS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL; UPPER ORDOVICIAN; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT; WEATHERING;

BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 84977636395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12113     Document Type: Article

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