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The diversification of the northern temperate woody flora – a case study of the Elm family (Ulmaceae) based on phylogenomic and paleobotanical evidence

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Genome-wide supermatrix analyses of maples (Acer, Sapindaceae) reveal recurring inter-continental migration, mass extinction, and rapid lineage divergence

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Evidence of Constrained Divergence and Conservatism in Climatic Niches of the Temperate Maples (Acer L.)

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Phylogeny and biogeography of the hollies ( Ilex L., Aquifoliaceae)

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Biological Flora of the British Isles: Tilia platyphyllos

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Phylogeny and biogeography of Fagus (Fagaceae) based on 28 nuclear single/low‐copy loci

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Soil carbon sequestration accelerated by restoration of grassland biodiversity

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The contribution of fire to the late Miocene spread of grasslands in eastern Eurasia (Black Sea region)

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Maple phylogeny and biogeography inferred from phylogenomic data

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The Pliocene flora of Frankfurt am Main, Germany: taxonomy, palaeoenvironments and biogeographic affinities

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The edge of two worlds: A new review and synthesis on Eurasian forest-steppes

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Drought, Tree Mortality, and Wildfire in Forests Adapted to Frequent Fire

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Grasslands may be more reliable carbon sinks than forests in California

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Canopy gap dynamics and tree understory release in a virgin beech forest, Slovakian Carpathians

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Steal the light: shade vs fire adapted vegetation in forest-savanna mosaics

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Unearthing belowground bud banks in fire-prone ecosystems

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Plastome phylogeny and lineage diversification of Salicaceae with focus on poplars and willows

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The rise and fall of the Old World savannah fauna and the origins of the African savannah biome

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Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of Sorbus sensu stricto (Rosaceae)

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Epicormic Resprouting in Fire-Prone Ecosystems

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Small fire refugia in the grassy matrix and the persistence of Afrotemperate forest in the Drakensberg mountains

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Origins and Relationships of the Mixed Mesophytic Forest of Oregon–Idaho, China, and Kentucky: Review and Synthesis1

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Trees, grass, and fire in humid savannas—The importance of life history traits and spatial processes

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Resilience of European beech forests (Fagus sylvatica L.) after fire in a global change context

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Brown world forests: increased ungulate browsing keeps temperate trees in recruitment bottlenecks in resource hotspots

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Competing consumers: contrasting the patterns and impacts of fire and mammalian herbivory in Africa

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Spiny plants, mammal browsers, and the origin of African savannas

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Termite mounds alter the spatial distribution of African savanna tree species

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Describing, explaining and predicting community assembly: a convincing trait-based case study

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Bud protection: a key trait for species sorting in a forest-savanna mosaic

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Trade-offs in interspecific comparisons in plant ecology and how plants overcome proposed constraints

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Combining paleo-data and modern exclosure experiments to assess the impact of megafauna extinctions on woody vegetation

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FOSSILS AND A LARGE MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY SHOW THAT THE EVOLUTION OF SPECIES RICHNESS, GENERIC DIVERSITY, AND TURNOVER RATES ARE DISCONNECTED

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When beech strikes back: How strict nature conservation reduces herb-layer diversity and productivity in Central European deciduous forests

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Is there a ‘browse trap’? Dynamics of herbivore impacts on trees and grasses in an African savanna

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Diversification of almonds, peaches, plums and cherries – Molecular systematics and biogeographic history of Prunus (Rosaceae)

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Harvesting Betulaceae sequences from GenBank to generate a new chronogram for the family

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Phylogenetic position and revised classification ofAcacia s.l.(Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in Africa, including new combinations inVachelliaandSenegalia

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The Phylogeny and Biogeographic History of Ashes (Fraxinus, Oleaceae) Highlight the Roles of Migration and Vicariance in the Diversification of Temperate Trees

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A palynological insight into the Miocene aridification in the Eurasian interior

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The ‘few winners and many losers’ paradigm revisited: Emerging prospects for tropical forest biodiversity

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Ecological thresholds at the savanna-forest boundary: how plant traits, resources and fire govern the distribution of tropical biomes

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Fire and the Angiosperm Revolutions

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Non-random extinctions dominate plant community changes in abandoned coppices

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Fire-adapted traits ofPinusarose in the fiery Cretaceous

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Evolution of Grasses and Grassland Ecosystems

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Pushing back in time: the role of fire in plant evolution

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Deciphering the distribution of the savanna biome

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Fire as an evolutionary pressure shaping plant traits

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Flammable biomes dominated by eucalypts originated at the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary

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How do small savanna trees avoid stem mortality by fire? The roles of stem diameter, height and bark thickness

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Tree cover in sub-Saharan Africa: Rainfall and fire constrain forest and savanna as alternative stable states

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Nurse rocks influence forest expansion over native grassland in southern Brazil

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Phanerozoic concentrations of atmospheric oxygen reconstructed from sedimentary charcoal

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Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene vegetation and climate changes at the European scale: Long pollen records and climatostratigraphy

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The Importance of Defining ‘Forest’: Tropical Forest Degradation, Deforestation, Long-term Phase Shifts, and Further Transitions

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What limits fire? An examination of drivers of burnt area in Southern Africa

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Shade Tolerance, a Key Plant Feature of Complex Nature and Consequences

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What Limits Trees in C4 Grasslands and Savannas?

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CHANGING THE GAP DYNAMICS PARADIGM: VEGETATIVE REGENERATION CONTROL ON FOREST RESPONSE TO DISTURBANCE

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Thicket clumps: A characteristic feature of the Kagera savanna landscape, East Africa

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Acacia species turnover in space and time in an African savanna

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