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Climate windows of opportunity for plant expansion during the Phanerozoic
Earth’s long-term climate may have profoundly influenced plant evolution. Local climatic factors, including water availability, light, and temperature, play a key role in plant physiology and growth, and have fluctuated substantially over geological time. However, the impact of these key climate var...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9352767/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35927259 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32077-7 |
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author | Gurung, Khushboo Field, Katie J. Batterman, Sarah A. Goddéris, Yves Donnadieu, Yannick Porada, Philipp Taylor, Lyla L. Mills, Benjamin J. W. |
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description | Earth’s long-term climate may have profoundly influenced plant evolution. Local climatic factors, including water availability, light, and temperature, play a key role in plant physiology and growth, and have fluctuated substantially over geological time. However, the impact of these key climate variables on global plant biomass across the Phanerozoic has not yet been established. Linking climate and dynamic vegetation modelling, we identify two key ‘windows of opportunity’ during the Ordovician and Jurassic-Paleogene capable of supporting dramatic expansions of potential plant biomass. These conditions are driven by continental dispersion, paleolatitude of continental area and a lack of glaciation, allowing for an intense hydrological cycle and greater water availability. These windows coincide with the initial expansion of land plants and the later angiosperm radiation. Our findings suggest that the timing and expansion of habitable space for plants played an important role in plant evolution and diversification. |
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spelling | pubmed-93527672022-08-06 Climate windows of opportunity for plant expansion during the Phanerozoic Gurung, Khushboo Field, Katie J. Batterman, Sarah A. Goddéris, Yves Donnadieu, Yannick Porada, Philipp Taylor, Lyla L. Mills, Benjamin J. W. Nat Commun Article Earth’s long-term climate may have profoundly influenced plant evolution. Local climatic factors, including water availability, light, and temperature, play a key role in plant physiology and growth, and have fluctuated substantially over geological time. However, the impact of these key climate variables on global plant biomass across the Phanerozoic has not yet been established. Linking climate and dynamic vegetation modelling, we identify two key ‘windows of opportunity’ during the Ordovician and Jurassic-Paleogene capable of supporting dramatic expansions of potential plant biomass. These conditions are driven by continental dispersion, paleolatitude of continental area and a lack of glaciation, allowing for an intense hydrological cycle and greater water availability. These windows coincide with the initial expansion of land plants and the later angiosperm radiation. Our findings suggest that the timing and expansion of habitable space for plants played an important role in plant evolution and diversification. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9352767/ /pubmed/35927259 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32077-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Gurung, Khushboo Field, Katie J. Batterman, Sarah A. Goddéris, Yves Donnadieu, Yannick Porada, Philipp Taylor, Lyla L. Mills, Benjamin J. W. Climate windows of opportunity for plant expansion during the Phanerozoic |
title | Climate windows of opportunity for plant expansion during the Phanerozoic |
title_full | Climate windows of opportunity for plant expansion during the Phanerozoic |
title_fullStr | Climate windows of opportunity for plant expansion during the Phanerozoic |
title_full_unstemmed | Climate windows of opportunity for plant expansion during the Phanerozoic |
title_short | Climate windows of opportunity for plant expansion during the Phanerozoic |
title_sort | climate windows of opportunity for plant expansion during the phanerozoic |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9352767/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35927259 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32077-7 |
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