Phylogenetic analyses reveal the shady history of C4 grasses

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2532-2537

  Edwards, Erika J ^a   Smith, Stephen A ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

C4 photosynthesis; Climate niche evolution; Cold tolerance; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; C4 PLANT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GRASS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORESPIRATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

ACCLIMATIZATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

POACEAE;

EID: 77249122126     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0909672107     Document Type: Article

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