Leaf stomata as biosensors of paleoatmospheric CO2 levels
Subtitle: Bladstomata als biosensoren van palaeoatmosferische CO2 concentraties = Blatt Stomata als Biosensoren paläoatmosphäischer CO2 Gehalte
By: door Wolfram Michael Kürschner
Series: LPP contributions series -- no. 5
Publisher: Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Utrecht
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Paleobotany; Fossil Plants; Stomata
Notes: "Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit Utrecht ... 1996."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-142).
Table of contents: title: General introduction and summary.; title: Paleoatmospheric signatures in Neogene fossil leaves.; title: Oak leaves as biosensors of late Neogene and early Pleistocene paleoatmospheric CO2 concentrations.; title: Comparison of experimental data and paleobotanical observations on the response of the durmast oak (Quercus petraea, Liebl.) to climate change: gas exchange and modifications in stomatal parameters.; title: The anatomical diversity of recent and fossil leaves of the durmast oak (Quercus petraea, Liebl / Q. pseudocastanea, Goepp.): implications for their use as biosensors of paleoatmospheric CO2 levels.; title: Stomatal parameters of recent and fossil birch leaves (Betula pubescens Ehrh. / Betula subpubescens Goepp. emend. Hummel): constraints for late Miocene paleoatmospheric CO2 levels.