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Guy F. Midgley

Researcher at Stellenbosch University

Publications -  234
Citations -  34165

Guy F. Midgley is an academic researcher from Stellenbosch University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Climate change & Biodiversity. The author has an hindex of 66, co-authored 217 publications receiving 30649 citations. Previous affiliations of Guy F. Midgley include University of Cape Town & International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

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Responses of wild C4 and C3 grass (Poaceae) species to elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration: a meta‐analytic test of current theories and perceptions

TL;DR: The relative responses of the C4 and C3 photosynthetic types to elevated CO2 concur only to some extent with expectations based on photosynthesis theory, and the significant positive responses of C4 grass species at both the leaf and the whole plant level demand a re-evaluation of the assumption of low responsiveness in C4 plants at both levels.
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Conservation of Biodiversity in a Changing Climate

TL;DR: The World Bank, Washington, D.C. 20433, U.S.A. as discussed by the authors The World Bank's Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, Washington DC, 20037, United States.
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A proposed CO2‐controlled mechanism of woody plant invasion in grasslands and savannas

TL;DR: It is proposed that elevated CO2 will tend to favour regrowth of juvenile trees trapped (sometimes for decades) in the ‘topkill’ zone, thus allowing them to escape more readily from periodic fires as CO2 continues to rise.
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Climate change‐integrated conservation strategies

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a Climate Change-integrated Conservation Strategies (CCS) approach to respond to the conservation challenges posed by climate change, where biogeographers, ecologists and conservation managers can collaborate to address this need.