Fire-adapted traits of Pinus arose in the fiery Cretaceous

New Phytologist

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 751-759

  He, Tianhua ^a,b,c   Pausas, Juli G ^d   Belcher, Claire M ^e   Schwilk, Dylan W ^f   Lamont, Byron B ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^d CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^f TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass burning probability; Cretaceous; Fire adaptation; Functional trait; Paleoatmosphere; Pinaceae; Serotiny; Thick bark

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; BARK; BIOMASS BURNING; CHARCOAL; CONIFEROUS TREE; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOBOTANY; SEROTINY;

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BARK; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FIRE; FOSSIL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT SEED; TIME;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANGIOSPERMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; FIRES; FOSSILS; OXYGEN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PINUS; PLANT BARK; SEEDS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PINACEAE; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 84859610651     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04079.x     Document Type: Article

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