Terrestrial plant biomarkers and their carbon isotopes provide insights into carbon cycling,
paleovegetation and paleoclimate, ranging in scale from local to global. Over the past …

Terrestrial leaf wax n-alkane biomarkers provide considerable insights into
paleoenvironmental reconstruction. Over decades, a substantial number of field …

The evolution of C4 grassland ecosystems in eastern Africa has been intensely studied
because of the potential influence of vegetation on mammalian evolution, including that of …

Here we present orbitally-resolved records of terrestrial higher plant leaf wax input to the
North Atlantic over the last 3.5 Ma, based on the accumulation of long-chain n-alkanes and n …

Water and its influence on plants likely exerted strong adaptive pressures in human
evolution. Understanding relationships among water, plants, and early humans is limited …

Reconstructing past responses of coastal wetlands to climate change contextualizes
ongoing and future developments in these globally important ecosystems. The molecular …

Despite the importance of soil organic matter (SOM) in the global carbon cycle, there remain
many open questions regarding its formation and preservation. The study of individual …

During the last decade, compound-specific hydrogen isotope analysis of plant leaf-wax and
sedimentary n-alkyl lipids has become a promising tool for paleohydrological …

Molecular composition and compound-specific carbon and hydrogen stable isotope ratios of
n-alkanes are presented for leaves of grass, reeds and trees from five regions extending …

It has been generally accepted that long-chain n-alkanes found in lacustrine sequences are
mainly derived from terrestrial plants, which is the basis for tracking paleoenvironmental …