The Miocene: The future of the past

M Steinthorsdottir, HK Coxall… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Miocene epoch (23.03–5.33 Ma) was a time interval of global warmth, relative
to today. Continental configurations and mountain topography transitioned toward modern …

Global grass (P oaceae) success underpinned by traits facilitating colonization, persistence and habitat transformation

HP Linder, CER Lehmann, S Archibald… - Biological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Poaceae (the grasses) is arguably the most successful plant family, in terms of its global
occurrence in (almost) all ecosystems with angiosperms, its ecological dominance in many …

International code for phytolith nomenclature (ICPN) 2.0

… (ICPT) Neumann Katharina k. neumann@ em … - Annals of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Opal phytoliths (microscopic silica bodies produced in and between the cells of
many plants) are a very resilient, often preserved type of plant microfossil. With the …

The Origins of C4 Grasslands: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science

EJ Edwards, CP Osborne, CAE Strömberg, SA Smith… - science, 2010 - science.org
The evolution of grasses using C4 photosynthesis and their sudden rise to ecological
dominance 3 to 8 million years ago is among the most dramatic examples of biome …

[HTML][HTML] Pattern and timing of diversification of Cetartiodactyla (Mammalia, Laurasiatheria), as revealed by a comprehensive analysis of mitochondrial genomes

A Hassanin, F Delsuc, A Ropiquet, C Hammer… - Comptes rendus …, 2012 - Elsevier
The order Cetartiodactyla includes cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) that are
found in all oceans and seas, as well as in some rivers, and artiodactyls (ruminants, pigs …

Biodiversity and topographic complexity: modern and geohistorical perspectives

C Badgley, TM Smiley, R Terry, EB Davis… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2017 - cell.com
Topographically complex regions on land and in the oceans feature hotspots of biodiversity
that reflect geological influences on ecological and evolutionary processes. Over geologic …

Contemporaneous and recent radiations of the world's major succulent plant lineages

M Arakaki, PA Christin, R Nyffeler… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
The cacti are one of the most celebrated radiations of succulent plants. There has been
much speculation about their age, but progress in dating cactus origins has been hindered …

Evolution of grasses and grassland ecosystems

CAE Strömberg - Annual review of Earth and planetary sciences, 2011 - annualreviews.org
The evolution and subsequent ecological expansion of grasses (Poaceae) since the Late
Cretaceous have resulted in the establishment of one of Earth's dominant biomes, the …

Phylogenetic biome conservatism on a global scale

MD Crisp, MTK Arroyo, LG Cook, MA Gandolfo… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
How and why organisms are distributed as they are has long intrigued evolutionary
biologists,,,. The tendency for species to retain their ancestral ecology has been …

Pre- and Postinvasion Defenses Both Contribute to Nonhost Resistance in Arabidopsis

V Lipka, J Dittgen, P Bednarek, R Bhat, M Wiermer… - science, 2005 - science.org
Nonhost resistance describes the immunity of an entire plant species against nonadapted
pathogen species. We report that Arabidopsis PEN2 restricts pathogen entry of two …