… of leaf wax and serve as part of the plant’s first barrier from the external environment, protecting
the leaf from … Early studies suggest that leaf wax n-alkanes accumulate rapidly during leaf …

… to investigate how leaf wax n-alkane δ … leaf wax n-alkane δ 13 C values to gain information
about paleoprecipitation and paleotemperature, but only in an appropriate paleoecological …

… Understanding the mechanisms relating vegetation and climate is one of the fundamental
problems in paleoecology and paleoclimate research. This is also central to the prediction of …

… affects the fidelity of leaf wax n-alkane biomarkers for … leaf wax n-alkane biomarkers from
three aspects: leaf wax n-alkane distribution (wood vs. non-wood), hydrogen isotope (δ 2 H wax …

… Implications for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction This study has several implications for
the use of leaf wax distributions as palaeoenvironmental proxies. The comparison of the soil …

… describe the paleoenvironment (eg, leaf physiognomic methods, … by water availability during
leaf expansion. One resolution is to … and leaf litter in a paratropical forest: implications for …

… A key premise is that long chain leaf wax components used for isotope analysis are derived
primarily from terrigenous higher plants. The role of aquatic plants in affecting δ 13 C values …

… , ie, the identification of temporal leads or lags between leaf wax and pollen proxies. Further,
we aim to establish a decadal, leaf-wax-based paleoecological record over the time period …

… leaf waxes. In this study, we measure the δD values of precipitation and groundwater, plant
xylem waters, leaf waters and leaf wax … its implications for δD wax as a paleohydrology proxy. …

… implications of n-alkanes in loess deposits through temporal and spatial comparisons. Here
we present leaf wax n-alkane records … implications of chain-length ratios in Chinese loess. …