Climatic Controls on C4 Grassland Distributions During the Neogene: A Model-Data Comparison

Climatic Controls on C4 Grassland Distributions During the Neogene: A Model-Data Comparison

Grasslands dominated by taxa using the C4 photosynthetic pathway first developed on several continents during the Neogene and Quaternary, long after C4 photosynthesis first evolved among grasses. The histories of these ecosystems are relatively well-documented in the geological record from stable ca...

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Main Authors: David L. Fox, Stephanie Pau, Lyla Taylor, Caroline A. E. Strömberg, Colin P. Osborne, Catherine Bradshaw, Stephen Conn, David J. Beerling, Christopher J. Still
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Miocene
Pliocene
C4 grasses
carbon isotopes
model-data comparison
vegetation models
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2018.00147/full

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