Abstract C 4 photosynthesis had a mid‐Tertiary origin that was tied to declining atmospheric CO 2 , but C 4 ‐dominated grasslands did not appear until late Tertiary. According to the ‘CO 2 ‐threshold’ model, these C 4 grasslands owe their origin to a further late Miocene decline in CO 2 that gave C ...
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