Philip W. Rundel
University of California, Los Angeles
241 Papers
2.5K Citations
Philip W. Rundel is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chaparral & Evergreen. The author has an hindex of 59, co-authored 228 publications. Previous affiliations of Philip W. Rundel include San Diego State University & University of California, Irvine.
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Papers
The phytogeography and ecology of the coastal Atacama and Peruvian deserts
TL;DR: While the arid environment is continuous, there appears to be a significant barrier to dispersal between 18° and 22"8 latitude in extreme northern Chile, which suggests that the lomas formations have evolved in isolation from their nearest geographic neighbors in the Andes.
Fire and the Miocene expansion of C4 grasslands
TL;DR: In this article, the CO2-threshold model was used to explain the late Miocene expansion of C4 grasslands, and the authors showed that the factors responsible for the grassland expansion were the same as those responsible for maintaining C4-grasslands today.
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Leaf functional traits of Neotropical savanna trees in relation to seasonal water deficit
Augusto C. Franco,Mercedes M. C. Bustamante,Linda Styer Caldas,Guillermo Goldstein,Frederick C. Meinzer,Alessandra Rodrigues Kozovits,Philip W. Rundel,Vera Terezinha Rauber Coradin +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a suite of leaf traits related to C assimilation, water and nutrients (N, P) was examined in five deciduous and six evergreen trees that were among the dominant families of cerrado vegetation.
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Ecology and biogeography of Pinus: an introduction
D. M. Richardson,Philip W. Rundel +1 more
- 01 Jan 1998
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Atmospheric and hydraulic limitations on transpiration in Brazilian cerrado woody species
Frederick C. Meinzer,Guillermo Goldstein,Augusto C. Franco,Mercedes M. C. Bustamante,E. Igler,Paula C. Jackson,Linda Styer Caldas,Philip W. Rundel +7 more
TL;DR: The results suggested that transpiration in four evergreen woody species growing in a Brazilian cerrado (savanna) site with a 5 month dry season was not limited by soil water availability, but by high atmospheric evaporative demand and hydraulic constraints possibly arising from their deep rooting habit.
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