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The Origins of C 4 Grasslands: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science
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Grassland Emergence: The evolution of the C 4 photosynthetic pathway from the ancestral C 3 pathway in grasses led to the establishment of grasslands in warm climates during the Late Miocene (8 to 3 million years ago). This was a major event in plant evolutionary history, and their high rates of foliage production sustained high levels of herbivore consumption. The past decade has seen significant advances in understanding C 4 grassland ecosystem ecology, and now a wealth of data on the geological history of these ecosystems has accumulated and the phylogeny of grasses is much better known. Edwards et al. (p. 587 ) review this multidisciplinary research area and attempt to synthesize emerging knowledge about the evolution of grass species within the context of plant and ecosystem ecology.
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- Edwards, E. J., Osborne, C. P., Strömberg, C. A. E., Smith, S. A., C Grasses Consortium, Bond, W. J., Christin, P.-A., Cousins, A. B., Duvall, M. R., Fox, D. L., Freckleton, R. P., Ghannoum, O., Hartwell, J., Huang, Y., Janis, C. M., Keeley, J. E., Kellogg, E. A., Knapp, A. K., Leakey, A. D. B., Nelson, D. M., Saarela, J. M., Sage, R. F., Sala, O. E., Salamin, N., Still, C. J., & Tipple, B.
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- 2010-04-30
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- 328
- Issue
- 5978
- Pages
- 587-591
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- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- W2155357761
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- 62.23
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- en
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