Grassy ecosystems in the Anthropocene

N Stevens, W Bond, A Feurdean… - Annual Review of …, 2022‏ - annualreviews.org
As the Anthropocene advances, there are few parts of Earth that have not been impacted by
human influence. Humans have had a long-sustained interaction with grassy ecosystems …

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 …

Climate change challenges, plant science solutions

NA Eckardt, EA Ainsworth, RN Bahuguna… - The Plant …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Climate change is a defining challenge of the 21st century, and this decade is a critical time
for action to mitigate the worst effects on human populations and ecosystems. Plant science …

Late Miocene global cooling and the rise of modern ecosystems

TD Herbert, KT Lawrence, A Tzanova, LC Peterson… - Nature …, 2016‏ - nature.com
During the late Miocene epoch, about seven million years ago, large areas of the continents
experienced drying, enhanced seasonality, and a restructuring of terrestrial plant and animal …

Corrigendum to: New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

N Perez-Harguindeguy, S Diaz, E Garnier… - Australian Journal of …, 2016‏ - CSIRO Publishing
Plant functional traits are the features (morphological, physiological, phenological) that
represent ecological strategies and determine how plants respond to environmental factors …

[كتاب][B] Open ecosystems: ecology and evolution beyond the forest edge

WJ Bond - 2019‏ - books.google.com
This book explores the geography, ecology, and antiquity of'open ecosystems', which
include grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. They occur in climates that can support …

Temporal niche differentiation increases the land equivalent ratio of annual intercrops: a meta-analysis

Y Yu, TJ Stomph, D Makowski, W van Der Werf - Field Crops Research, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Sustainable intensification of agriculture is needed to meet higher future food demands
while mitigating agriculture's ecological footprint. Intercrop** is a strategy for increasing …

Unexpected reversal of C3 versus C4 grass response to elevated CO2 during a 20-year field experiment

PB Reich, SE Hobbie, TD Lee, MA Pastore - Science, 2018‏ - science.org
Theory predicts and evidence shows that plant species that use the C4 photosynthetic
pathway (C4 species) are less responsive to elevated carbon dioxide (e CO2) than species …

A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide

JHC Cornelissen, S Lavorel, E Garnier… - Australian journal of …, 2003‏ - CSIRO Publishing
There is growing recognition that classifying terrestrial plant species on the basis of their
function (into'functional types') rather than their higher taxonomic identity, is a promising way …

[كتاب][B] Physiological plant ecology: ecophysiology and stress physiology of functional groups

W Larcher - 2003‏ - books.google.com
From the reviews of the 3rd edition:" The textbook of Walter Larcher (...) belongs certainly to
the most successful manuals that ever existed."(Photosynthetica, Czech Republic)"(...) it …