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Fossil Leaf Physiognomy

Fossil Leaf Physiognomy is the quantitative analysis of the morphological characteristics of fossilized angiosperm leaves, distinguished by its application in reconstructing paleoclimatic conditions through statistical correlations between leaf form and environmental variables.

55

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3.7K

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130

Authors

84

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2017–2026

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Publications

55

Approaches to the identification of angiosperm leaf remains

David L. Dilcher · The Botanical Review · 1974 · 866 citations

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Correlations of climate and plant ecology to leaf size and shape: potential proxies for the fossil record

Dana L. Royer, Peter Wilf, David A. Janesko et al. · American Journal of Botany · 2005 · 324 citations

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The anatomical diversity of recent and fossil leaves of the durmast oak (Quercus petraea Lieblein/Q. pseudocastanea Goeppert) — implications for their use as biosensors of palaeoatmospheric CO2 levels

Wolfram M. Kürschner · Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology · 1997 · 152 citations

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Late Cretaceous–early Tertiary palaeoclimates of northern high latitudes: a quantitative view

Robert A. Spicer, Judith Totman Parrish · Journal of the Geological Society · 1990 · 151 citations

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Warmer paleotemperatures for terrestrial ecosystems

Elizabeth A. Kowalski, David L. Dilcher · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 134 citations

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Authors

130

  1. DL
    David L. Dilcher

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    5 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. DU
    Dieter Uhl

    Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M, Germany

    4 publications · 237 citations

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  3. MP
    Mahesh Prasad

    Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, India

    3 publications · 65 citations

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  4. RA
    Robert A. Spicer

    The Open University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 227 citations

    3

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  5. DL
    Dana L. Royer

    Wesleyan University, United States

    3 publications · 408 citations

    3

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Institutions

84

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    282 citations

  2. University of Tübingen

    Tübingen, Germany

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    744 citations

  3. Florida Museum of Natural History

    Gainesville, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Sparkill, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    70 citations

  5. Denver Museum of Nature and Science

    Denver, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    176 citations

  6. The Open University

    Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    125 citations

  7. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    70 citations

  8. National Museum of Natural History

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    133 citations

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  2. Palaios

    5 publications · 222 citations

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  3. American Journal of Botany

    4 publications · 473 citations

    4

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  4. Journal of Palaeosciences

    3 publications · 65 citations

    3

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  5. PLoS ONE

    3 publications · 181 citations

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