How green was Cooksonia? The importance of size in understanding the early evolution of physiology in the vascular plant lineage

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  2008

• Venue

  Paleobiology

• Publication date

  2008-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1666/0094-8373(2008)034[0179:HGWCTI]2.0.CO;2
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