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A process-based ecosystem model (Paleo-BGC) to simulate the dynamic response of Late Carboniferous plants to elevated O2 and aridification

Joseph D. White, Isabel P. Montañez, Jonathan P. Wilson, Christopher J. Poulsen, Jennifer C. McElwain, William A. DiMichele, Michael T. Hren, Sophia Macarewich, Jon D. Richey and William J. Matthaeus
American Journal of Science September 2020, 320 (7) 547-598; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/09.2020.01

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A process-based ecosystem model (Paleo-BGC) to simulate the dynamic response of Late Carboniferous plants to elevated O2 and aridification
Joseph D. White, Isabel P. Montañez, Jonathan P. Wilson, Christopher J. Poulsen, Jennifer C. McElwain, William A. DiMichele, Michael T. Hren, Sophia Macarewich, Jon D. Richey, William J. Matthaeus
American Journal of Science Sep 2020, 320 (7) 547-598; DOI: 10.2475/09.2020.01
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