Cerrado vegetation and global change: the role of functional types, resource availability and disturbance in regulating plant community responses to rising CO2 levels and climate warming

Historical links and new frontiers in the study of forest-atmosphere interactions

(2013) L. Silva et al.   COMMUNITY ECOLOGY

Unprecedented carbon accumulation in mined soils: the synergistic effect of resource input and plant species invasion

(2013) Lucas C. R. Silva et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Explaining Global Increases in Water Use Efficiency: Why Have We Overestimated Responses to Rising Atmospheric CO2 in Natural Forest Ecosystems?

(2013) Lucas C. R. Silva et al.   PLoS One

Seasonal variation in leaf traits between congeneric savanna and forest trees in Central Brazil: implications for forest expansion into savanna

(2013) Davi Rodrigo Rossatto et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Photorespiration and the Evolution of C4Photosynthesis

(2012) Rowan F. Sage et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Post-fire resprouting responses of native and exotic grasses from Cumberland Plain Woodland (Sydney, Australia) under elevated carbon dioxide

(2012) IFEANNA M. TOOTH et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Potential impacts of climate change on biogeochemical functioning of Cerrado ecosystems

(2012) MMC Bustamante et al.   BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY

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

(2012) William A. Hoffmann et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Probing for the influence of atmospheric CO2and climate change on forest ecosystems across biomes

(2012) Lucas C. R. Silva et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Evidence for Adaptation to Fire Regimes in the Tropical Savannas of the Brazilian Cerrado

(2012) Marcelo F. Simon et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Effects of fire regimes on herbaceous biomass and nutrient dynamics in the Brazilian savanna

(2012) Immaculada Oliveras et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE

Atmospheric CO2 forces abrupt vegetation shifts locally, but not globally

(2012) Steven I. Higgins et al.   NATURE

Walter’s two-layer hypothesis revisited: back to the roots!

(2012) David Ward et al.   OECOLOGIA

The influence of fire on phylogenetic and functional structure of woody savannas: Moving from species to individuals

(2012) Marcus V. Cianciaruso et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Evolutionary context for understanding and manipulating plant responses to past, present and future atmospheric [CO2]

(2012) A. D. B. Leakey et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Carbon dioxide and the uneasy interactions of trees and savannah grasses

(2012) W. J. Bond et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The partitioning of water uptake between growth forms in a Neotropical savanna: do herbs exploit a third water source niche?

(2012) D. R. Rossatto et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Effects of elevated CO2concentration and water deficit on fructan metabolism inViguiera discolorBaker

(2012) V. F. Oliveira et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Distribution Patterns of Burned Areas in the Brazilian Biomes: An Analysis Based on Satellite Data for the 2002–2010 Period

(2012) Fernando Moreira de Araújo et al.   Remote Sensing

Evolution of Grasses and Grassland Ecosystems

(2011) Caroline A.E. Strömberg   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Fuels or microclimate? Understanding the drivers of fire feedbacks at savanna-forest boundaries

(2011) WILLIAM A. HOFFMANN et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Grass-dominated vegetation, not species-diverse natural savanna, replaces degraded tropical forests on the southern edge of the Amazon Basin

(2011) Joseph W. Veldman et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Mechanisms of Araucaria (Atlantic) Forest Expansion into Southern Brazilian Grasslands

(2011) Lucas C. R. Silva et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Depth of water uptake in woody plants relates to groundwater level and vegetation structure along a topographic gradient in a neotropical savanna

(2011) Davi Rodrigo Rossatto et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Abrupt variations in South American monsoon rainfall during the Holocene based on a speleothem record from central-eastern Brazil

(2011) N. M. Strikis et al.   GEOLOGY

Fire-induced tree mortality in a neotropical forest: the roles of bark traits, tree size, wood density and fire behavior

(2011) Paulo M. Brando et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Increased tree densities in South African savannas: >50 years of data suggests CO2 as a driver

(2011) R. Buitenwerf et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

When is a ‘forest’ a savanna, and why does it matter?

(2011) Jayashree Ratnam et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Projecting the future distribution of European potential natural vegetation zones with a generalized, tree species-based dynamic vegetation model

(2011) Thomas Hickler et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

The C4 plant lineages of planet Earth

(2011) R. F. Sage et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Distinct roles of savanna and forest tree species in regeneration under fire suppression in a Brazilian savanna

(2011) Erika L. Geiger et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Trait diversity on the phylogeny of cerrado woody species

(2011) Marco Antônio Batalha et al.   OIKOS

Evidence of shift in C4 species range in central Argentina during the late Holocene

(2011) Lucas C. R. Silva et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Bark thickness determines fire resistance of selected tree species from fire-prone tropical savanna in north Australia

(2011) Michael J. Lawes et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Global Resilience of Tropical Forest and Savanna to Critical Transitions

(2011) M. Hirota et al.   SCIENCE

Seasonal variations in soil water in two woodland savannas of central Brazil with different fire histories

(2011) C. A. Quesada et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Water economy of Neotropical savanna trees: six paradigms revisited

(2011) G. Goldstein et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

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

(2011) Michael D. Crisp et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2011) Michael J. Lawes et al.   Ecosphere

The Use of Fire in the Cerrado and Amazonian Rainforests of Brazil: Past and Present

(2011) Vânia R. Pivello   Fire Ecology

Alien plant invasions in tropical and sub-tropical savannas: patterns, processes and prospects

(2010) Llewellyn C. Foxcroft et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Increasing impacts of climate change upon ecosystems with increasing global mean temperature rise

(2010) Rachel Warren et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH: Turning up the heat: the impacts of Andropogon gayanus (gamba grass) invasion on fire behaviour in northern Australian savannas

(2010) Samantha A. Setterfield et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

The climatic sensitivity of the forest, savanna and forest-savanna transition in tropical South America

(2010) Marina Hirota et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Allocation to leaf area and sapwood area affects water relations of co-occurring savanna and forest trees

(2010) Sybil G. Gotsch et al.   OECOLOGIA

Effect of fires on soil nutrient availability in an open savanna in Central Brazil

(2010) Vânia Regina Pivello et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Not all forests are expanding over central Brazilian savannas

(2010) Lucas C. R. Silva et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Evapotranspiration and energy balance of Brazilian savannas with contrasting tree density

(2009) Thomas W. Giambelluca et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Growth responses of African savanna trees implicate atmospheric [CO2] as a driver of past and current changes in savanna tree cover

(2009) BARNEY S. KGOPE et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

The impacts of rising CO2 concentrations on Australian terrestrial species and ecosystems

(2009) MARK J. HOVENDEN et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Tree topkill, not mortality, governs the dynamics of savanna–forest boundaries under frequent fire in central Brazil

(2009) William A. Hoffmann et al.   ECOLOGY

A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

(2009) Craig D. Allen et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Differences in growth patterns between co-occurring forest and savanna trees affect the forest-savanna boundary

(2009) Davi Rodrigo Rossatto et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Past century changes inAraucaria angustifolia(Bertol.) Kuntze water use efficiency and growth in forest and grassland ecosystems of southern Brazil: implications for forest expansion

(2009) LUCAS C. R. SILVA et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Establishment and early persistence of tree seedlings in an annually burned savanna

(2009) Jacques Gignoux et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Will Elevated Carbon Dioxide Concentration Amplify the Benefits of Nitrogen Fixation in Legumes?

(2009) A. Rogers et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Recent assembly of the Cerrado, a neotropical plant diversity hotspot, by in situ evolution of adaptations to fire

(2009) M. F. Simon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Temperature sensitivity of drought-induced tree mortality portends increased regional die-off under global-change-type drought

(2009) H. D. Adams et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Irreversible climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions

(2009) Susan Solomon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Is Shade Beneficial for Mediterranean Shrubs Experiencing Periods of Extreme Drought and Late-winter Frosts?

(2008) Fernando Valladares et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

C4 photosynthesis and water stress

(2008) O. Ghannoum   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Tree die-off in response to global change-type drought: mortality insights from a decade of plant water potential measurements

(2008) David D Breshears et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Why is plant-growth response to elevated CO2amplified when water is limiting, but reduced when nitrogen is limiting? A growth-optimisation hypothesis

(2008) Ross E. McMurtrie et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Araucaria forest expansion on grassland in the southern Brazilian highlands as revealed by 14C and δ13C studies

(2008) Alexander Dümig et al.   GEODERMA

Expansion of gallery forests into central Brazilian savannas

(2008) LUCAS C. R. SILVA et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Drought-induced tree death in savanna

(2008) R. J. FENSHAM et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Rubisco, Rubisco activase, and global climate change

(2008) Rowan F. Sage et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Ultrasonic acoustic emissions in drought-stressed trees - more than signals from cavitation?

(2008) R. Zweifel et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

FACE-ing the facts: inconsistencies and interdependence among field, chamber and modeling studies of elevated [CO2] impacts on crop yield and food supply

(2008) Elizabeth A. Ainsworth et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Leaf traits show different relationships with shade tolerance in moist versus dry tropical forests

(2008) Lourens Poorter   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?

(2008) Nate McDowell et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Climate change, biofuels and eco-social impacts in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado

(2008) D. Sawyer   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Linking the patterns in soil moisture to leaf water potential, stomatal conductance, growth, and mortality of dominant shrubs in the Florida scrub ecosystem

(2008) Sonali Saha et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Forests and Climate Change: Forcings, Feedbacks, and the Climate Benefits of Forests

(2008) G. B. Bonan   SCIENCE