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Nature ; 511(7511): 536-7, 2014 Jul 31.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25079547
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New Phytol ; 195(3): 653-666, 2012 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22712748

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Large proportions of the Earth's land surface are covered by biomes dominated by C(4) grasses. These C(4)-dominated biomes originated during the late Miocene, 3-8 million years ago (Ma), but there is evidence that C(4) grasses evolved some 20 Ma earlier during the early Miocene/Oligocene. Explanations for this lag between evolution and expansion invoke changes in atmospheric CO(2), seasonality of climate and fire. However, there is still no consensus about which of these factors triggered C(4) grassland expansion. We use a vegetation model, the adaptive dynamic global vegetation model (aDGVM), to test how CO(2), temperature, precipitation, fire and the tolerance of vegetation to fire influence C(4) grassland expansion. Simulations are forced with late Miocene climates generated with the Hadley Centre coupled ocean-atmosphere-vegetation general circulation model. We show that physiological differences between the C(3) and C(4) photosynthetic pathways cannot explain C(4) grass invasion into forests, but that fire is a crucial driver. Fire-promoting plant traits serve to expand the climate space in which C(4)-dominated biomes can persist. We propose that three mechanisms were involved in C(4) expansion: the physiological advantage of C(4) grasses under low atmospheric CO(2) allowed them to invade C(3) grasslands; fire allowed grasses to invade forests; and the evolution of fire-resistant savanna trees expanded the climate space that savannas can invade.


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Adaptação Fisiológica , Incêndios , Fotossíntese , Poaceae/fisiologia , Árvores/fisiologia , Evolução Biológica , Dióxido de Carbono/metabolismo , Simulação por Computador , Ecossistema , Modelos Biológicos , Folhas de Planta/fisiologia , Poaceae/metabolismo , Estações do Ano , Temperatura , Árvores/metabolismo
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Science ; 352(6281): 34-5, 2016 Apr 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26966192
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