Since the late Miocene, plants using the C4 photosynthetic pathway have increased to
become major components of many tropical and subtropical ecosystems. However, the …

An unresolved issue in the vegetation ecology of the Indian subcontinent is whether its
savannas, characterized by relatively open formations of deciduous trees in C4-grass …

Aim To track the peopling of the South Pacific and assess their impact on terrestrial and
aquatic ecosystems. Location Upolu, Samoa. Taxon Terrestrial and aquatic plants Methods …

The identification and application of reliable fossil calibrations represents a key component
of many molecular studies of evolutionary timescales. In studies of plants, most …

Understanding the long‐term impact of projected climate change on tropical rainforests is
critical given their central role in the Earth's system. Palaeoecological records can provide a …

A majority of the world's flowering plants benefit from insect pollination. Bees in particular
are known to carry large amounts of pollen, and the pollen load transported is often highly …

Flower visitors use different parts of the landscape through the plants they visit, however
these connections vary within and among land uses. Identifying which flower‐visiting insects …

On centennial to millennial timescales fire regimes are driven by climate changes,
vegetation composition and human activities. We reconstructed the postglacial vegetation …

Monocots, with ca. 65,000 species in 78 families and 12 orders as classified by the
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III, 2009), have traditionally …

Fossil pollen and spore diversity in marine sediment cores from the coasts off SW
Kalimantan and NE Java (Java Sea) as well as modern pollen assemblages collected off …