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Do Low CO2 Concentrations Affect Pollen-Based Reconstructions of LGM Climates? A Response to “Physiological Significance of Low Atmospheric CO2 for Plant–Climate Interactions” by Cowling and Sykes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

John W. Williams ,
Thompson Webb III ,
Bryan N. Shurman  and
Patrick J. Bartlein
John W. Williams
Affiliation:
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93101, E-mail: williams@nceas.ucsb.edn
Thompson Webb III
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, E-mail: thompsonwebbiii@brown.edu, bryan_shuman@brown.edu
Bryan N. Shurman
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, E-mail: thompsonwebbiii@brown.edu, bryan_shuman@brown.edu
Patrick J. Bartlein
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, E-mail: bartlein@oregon.uoregon.edu
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Quaternary Research , Volume 53 , Issue 3 , May 2000 , pp. 402 - 404
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University of Washington

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