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The Rise of Trees and How They Changed Paleozoic Atmospheric CO2, Climate, and Geology

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A History of Atmospheric CO2 and Its Effects on Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems

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  1. Jena, Germany

    I.T. Baldwin  & E.-D. Schulze  & 

  2. Logan, USA

    M.M. Caldwell

  3. Marburg, Germany

    G. Heldmaier

  4. Durham, USA

    Robert B. Jackson

  5. Würzburg, Germany

    O.L. Lange

  6. Stanford, USA

    H.A. Mooney

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  8. Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA

    James R. Ehleringer , M. Denise Dearing  & Thure E. Cerling ,  & 

  9. Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA

    Thure E. Cerling

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Berner, R.A. (2005). The Rise of Trees and How They Changed Paleozoic Atmospheric CO2, Climate, and Geology. In: Baldwin, I., et al. A History of Atmospheric CO2 and Its Effects on Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems. Ecological Studies, vol 177. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27048-5_1

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