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1. Physiological approaches to determine the impact of climate changes on invasive African grasses in the savanna ecoregion of Brazil

Author:
Marcel Giovanni Costa França,   et al.   ; Ana Paula de Faria; Geraldo Wilson Fernandes;     Show all 3 Authors
Source:
Environmental earth sciences 2015 v.74 no.4 pp. 3077-3088
ISSN:
1866-6280
Subject:
Urochloa brizantha; Urochloa decumbens; air temperature; anthropogenic activities; biogeography; carbon dioxide; cerrado; climate change; ecological invasion; ecoregions; ecosystems; geographical distribution; grasses; heat; heat tolerance; indigenous species; invasive species; landscapes; leaves; prediction; savannas; seasons; tissues; weather; Brazil
Abstract:
... According to IPCC predictions for 2100, increasing CO₂ concentrations and global mean temperature could lead to a future scenario of increased incidence and duration of periods with exceptionally high temperatures and duration of drier seasons in some locations like Central Brazil. This extreme weather can affect fragile environments which are already suffering from anthropogenic disturbance that ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12665-015-4343-5