Environmentally driven extinction and opportunistic origination explain fern diversification patterns
Abstract Combining palaeontological and neontological data offers a unique opportunity to investigate the relative roles of biotic and abiotic controls of species diversification, and the importance of origination versus extinction in driving evolutionary dynamics. Ferns comprise a major terrestrial...
Main Authors: | Samuli Lehtonen, Daniele Silvestro, Dirk Nikolaus Karger, Christopher Scotese, Hanna Tuomisto, Michael Kessler, Carlos Peña, Niklas Wahlberg, Alexandre Antonelli |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-07-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05263-7 |
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