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Plant Ecological Strategies Shift Across the Cretaceous–Paleogene Boundary

The Chicxulub bolide impact caused the end-Cretaceous mass extinction of plants, but the associated selectivity and ecological effects are poorly known. Using a unique set of North Dakota leaf fossil assemblages spanning 2.2 Myr across the event, we show among angiosperms a reduction of ecological s...

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Autores principales: Blonder, Benjamin, Royer, Dana L., Johnson, Kirk R., Miller, Ian, Enquist, Brian J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4165584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25225914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001949