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Climate, CO(2), and the history of North American grasses since the Last Glacial Maximum

The spread of C(4) grasses in the late Neogene is one of the most important ecological transitions of the Cenozoic, but the primary driver of this global expansion is widely debated. We use the stable carbon isotopic composition (δ(13)C) of bison and mammoth tissues as a proxy for the relative abund...

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Autores principales: Cotton, Jennifer M., Cerling, Thure E., Hoppe, Kathryn A., Mosier, Thomas M., Still, Christopher J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4820366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27051865
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501346