The importance of low atmospheric CO2 and fire in promoting the spread of grasslands and savannas

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 973-982

  Bond, W J ^a   Midgley, G F ^b,c   Woodward, F I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C4 grass; Fire; Low CO2; Palaeoecology; Savanna

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FIRE; GLOBAL CHANGE; PALEOECOLOGY; SAVANNA; TREE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

POACEAE; XANTHORRHOEA SP.;

EID: 0043124693     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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