Paleoclimatology

Abaxial cuticle of Platanus neptuni showing anomocytic stomata and glandular trichomes of the abaxial leaf epidermis, Schleenhain (SC) open-cast mine, Saxony, Germany, earliest Oligocene (Rupelian) (Roth-Nebelsick et al. 2014.)

Results for CO2 obtained in this study, plotted as red asterisks against age together with other proxy data. The sites are indicated together with the data points. The horizontal line marks the age range for each site, and the vertical line marks the total CO2 interval that resulted from systematic parameter variation. (Roth-Nebelsick et al. 2014.)


Recent Publications:

Roth-Nebelsick. A. & Konrad, W. 2017: Habitat responses of fossil plant species to palaeoclimate - possible interference with CO2? Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 467, 277-286, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.06.025

Sun, B., Wang, Q.-J. Konrad, W., Ma, F.-J., Wang, Z.-X., & Dong, J.-L. 2017: Reconstruction of atmospheric CO2 during the Oligocene based on fossil plants from the Ningming Formation in Guangxi, China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 467, p. 5-15, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.09.015.

Voigt, D., Konrad, W. & Gorb, S. (2015): An universal glue: underwater adhesion of the secretion of the protocarnivorous flypaper plant Roridula gorgonias. Interface Focus 5, 20140053, doi: 10.1098/rsfs.2014.0053

Konrad, W., Burkhardt, J., Ebner, M. and Roth-Nebelsick, A. (2015): Leaf pubescence as a possibility to increase water use efficiency by promoting condensation. Ecohydrology, 8, 480-492. doi: 10.1002/eco.1518

Roth-Nebelsick, A., Oehm, C., Grein, M., Utescher, T., Kunzmann, L., Friedrich, J.-P. & Konrad, W. (2014). Stomatal density and index data of Platanus neptuni leaf fossils and their evaluation as a CO2 proxy for the Oligocene. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 206 (2014), p. 1-9, doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.03.001