Fossil evidence reveals how plants responded to cooling during the Cretaceous-Paleogene transition

Fossil evidence reveals how plants responded to cooling during the Cretaceous-Paleogene transition

Abstract Background Around the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary, an obvious global cooling occurred, which resulted in dramatic changes in terrestrial ecosystems and the evolutionary trends of numerous organisms. However, how plant lineages responded to the cooling has remained unknown until now...

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Main Authors: Yi-Ming Cui, Wei Wang, David K. Ferguson, Jian Yang, Yu-Fei Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
Subjects:
Adaptation
Climate change
K-Pg transition
Fossil plant
Morphology
Mesocyparis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-019-1980-y

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