Field experiments have enhanced our understanding of drought impacts on terrestrial ecosystems—But where do we go from here?

AK Knapp, KV Condon, CC Folks… - Functional …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
We review results from field experiments that simulate drought, an ecologically impactful
global change threat that is predicted to increase in magnitude, extent, duration and …

[HTML][HTML] Ethanol production in Brazil: a bridge between science and industry

ML Lopes, SCL Paulillo, A Godoy… - Brazilian journal of …, 2016‏ - SciELO Brasil
In the last 40 years, several scientific and technological advances in microbiology of the
fermentation have greatly contributed to evolution of the ethanol industry in Brazil. These …

Genome sequence of foxtail millet (Setaria italica) provides insights into grass evolution and biofuel potential

G Zhang, X Liu, Z Quan, S Cheng, X Xu, S Pan… - Nature …, 2012‏ - nature.com
Foxtail millet (Setaria italica), a member of the Poaceae grass family, is an important food
and fodder crop in arid regions and has potential for use as a C4 biofuel. It is a model …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological indicator and traits values for Swedish vascular plants

T Tyler, L Herbertsson, J Olofsson, PA Olsson - Ecological Indicators, 2021‏ - Elsevier
We introduce and provide a new data-set of species-specific ecological indicator values
(alternative 'Ellenberg values' for climatic variables, light, moisture, soil reaction/pH, salinity …

Photorespiration and the Evolution of C4 Photosynthesis

RF Sage, TL Sage, F Kocacinar - Annual review of plant biology, 2012‏ - annualreviews.org
C4 photosynthesis is one of the most convergent evolutionary phenomena in the biological
world, with at least 66 independent origins. Evidence from these lineages consistently …

Warming-induced northwestward migration of the East Asian monsoon rain belt from the Last Glacial Maximum to the mid-Holocene

S Yang, Z Ding, Y Li, X Wang, W Jiang… - Proceedings of the …, 2015‏ - pnas.org
Glacial–interglacial changes in the distribution of C3/C4 vegetation on the Chinese Loess
Plateau have been related to East Asian summer monsoon intensity and position, and could …

The C4 plant lineages of planet Earth

RF Sage, PA Christin, EJ Edwards - Journal of experimental …, 2011‏ - academic.oup.com
Using isotopic screens, phylogenetic assessments, and 45 years of physiological data, it is
now possible to identify most of the evolutionary lineages expressing the C4 photosynthetic …

Global distribution of C3 and C4 vegetation: Carbon cycle implications

CJ Still, JA Berry, GJ Collatz… - Global biogeochemical …, 2003‏ - Wiley Online Library
The global distribution of C3 and C4 plants is required for accurately simulating exchanges
of CO2, water, and energy between the land surface and atmosphere. It is also important to …

Interactive memory systems in the human brain

RA Poldrack, J Clark, EJ Paré-Blagoev, D Shohamy… - Nature, 2001‏ - nature.com
Learning and memory in humans rely upon several memory systems, which appear to have
dissociable brain substrates,. A fundamental question concerns whether, and how, these …

[ספר][B] Energy in nature and society: general energetics of complex systems

V Smil - 2007‏ - books.google.com
A comprehensive, systematic, analytically unified, and interdisciplinary treatment of energy
in nature and society, from solar radiation and photosynthesis to our fossil fuelled civilization …