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UV-B absorbing pigments in spores: biochemical responses to shade in a high-latitude birch forest and implications for sporopollenin-based proxies of past environmental change

Wesley T. FraserDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AAUK;School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh West Mains RoadEdinburgh EH9 3JNUKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mark A. SephtonDepartment of Earth Science and Engineering, South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZUK
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Jonathan S. WatsonPlanetary and Space Sciences Research InstituteOpen UniversityMilton Keynes MK7 6AAUK
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Stephen SelfDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AAUK
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Barry H. LomaxSchool of Biosciences, Division of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RDUK
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David I. JamesThermo Fisher Scientific, Stafford House Boundary WayHemel Hempstead HP2 7GEUK
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Charles H. WellmanDepartment of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TNUK
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Terry V. CallaghanDepartment of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TNUK;Abisko Scientific Research Station, SE-981 07 AbiskoSweden
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David J. BeerlingDepartment of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TNUK
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Article: 8312 | Published online: 23 Aug 2011

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