Madagascar's grasses and grasslands: anthropogenic or natural?

Grasses, by their high productivity even under very low pCO2, their ability to survive repeated burning and to tolerate long dry seasons, have transformed the terrestrial biomes in the Neogene and Quaternary. The expansion of grasslands at the cost of biodiverse forest biomes in Madagascar is often...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Biological sciences, 2016-01, Vol.283 (1823), p.1-8
Hauptverfasser:	Vorontsova, Maria S., Besnard, Guillaume, Forest, Félix, Malakasi, Panagiota, Moat, Justin, Clayton, W. Derek, Ficinski, Paweł, Savva, George M., Nanjarisoa, Olinirina P., Razanatsoa, Jacqueline, Randriatsara, Fetra O., Kimeu, John M., Luke, W. R. Quentin, Kayombo, Canisius, Linder, H. Peter
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Ecoregions Endemic species Flora Grasses Grasslands Grazing Montane forests Mountain forests Pastures Phylogenetics
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