Multiple routes underground? Frost alone cannot explain the evolution of underground trees

T Jonathan Davies^{1

2}, Barnabas H Daru^{2

3}, Michelle van der Bank², Olivier Maurin², William J Bond^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205 ave Docteur Penfield, Montreal, H3A 0G4, Quebec, Canada.
² African Centre for DNA Barcoding, Department of Botany & Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
³ Department of Plant Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, Western Cape, South Africa.
⁵ South African Environmental Observation Network, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, Western Cape, South Africa.

Free article

T Jonathan Davies et al. New Phytol. 2016 Feb.

Free article

. 2016 Feb;209(3):910-2.

doi: 10.1111/nph.13795.

T Jonathan Davies^{1

2}, Barnabas H Daru^{2

3}, Michelle van der Bank², Olivier Maurin², William J Bond^{4

5}

¹ Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205 ave Docteur Penfield, Montreal, H3A 0G4, Quebec, Canada.
² African Centre for DNA Barcoding, Department of Botany & Plant Biotechnology, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
³ Department of Plant Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, Western Cape, South Africa.
⁵ South African Environmental Observation Network, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, Western Cape, South Africa.

No abstract available

Keywords: African savanna; fire frequency; frost; geoxyles; underground trees.

Comment in

Climate refugees going underground - a response to Maurin et al. (2014).
Finckh M, Revermann R, Aidar MP. Finckh M, et al. New Phytol. 2016 Feb;209(3):904-9. doi: 10.1111/nph.13567. New Phytol. 2016. PMID: 26756531 No abstract available.