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Scaling up evolutionary responses to elevated CO2: lessons from Arabidopsis

  1. Joy K. Ward*,
  2. John K. Kelly

Article first published online: 30 MAR 2004

DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00589.x

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Ecology Letters

Ecology Letters

Volume 7, Issue 5, pages 427–440, May 2004

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Ward, J. K. and Kelly, J. K. (2004), Scaling up evolutionary responses to elevated CO2: lessons from Arabidopsis. Ecology Letters, 7: 427–440. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00589.x

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  1. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Room 2041 Haworth Hall, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045-7534, USA

*E-mail: joyward@ku.edu

  1. Both authors contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Issue published online: 30 MAR 2004
  2. Article first published online: 30 MAR 2004
  3. Editor, I. F. Woodward Manuscript received 5 December 2003 First decision made 14 January 2004 Manuscript accepted 19 February 2004

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