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Paleoenvironmental evolution of southern South America during the Cenozoic
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In this article, the evolution of Southern South America (SSA) through Cenozoic, emphasizing the relationships between biomes and the geological forces that, through different climatic-environmental factors, have driven its evolution.About:
This article is published in Journal of Arid Environments.The article was published on 2006-08-01. It has received 358 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Biome & Quaternary.read more
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Evolution of Grasses and Grassland Ecosystems
TL;DR: 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 temperate and tropical grasslands, at the expense of forests as mentioned in this paper.
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Review of plant biogeographic studies in Brazil
Pedro Fiaschi,José Rubens Pirani +1 more
TL;DR: This paper presents a subdivision of Brazil into phytogeographic domains, and cites studies that have explored the detection of biogeographic units (areas of endemism) and how they are historically related among those domains.
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Evidence of chloroplast capture in South American Nothofagus (subgenus Nothofagus, Nothofagaceae).
TL;DR: This work examined geographic patterns of intraspecific and interspecific genetic variation to detect whether incongruences in nuclear or plastid DNA phylogenies occur, and found that N. antarctica was a sister to a clade of evergreen species and N. pumilio likely diverged earlier.
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Molecular Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Habitat Preference Evolution of Marsupials
Kieren J. Mitchell,Renae C. Pratt,Laura N. Watson,Gillian C. Gibb,Bastien Llamas,Marta Kasper,Janette Edson,Blair Hopwood,Dean Male,Kyle N. Armstrong,Matthias Meyer,Michael Hofreiter,Jeremy J. Austin,Stephen C. Donnellan,Michael S. Y. Lee,Matthew J. Phillips,Alan Cooper +16 more
TL;DR: A pattern of mesic-adapted lineages evolving to use more arid and open habitats, which is broadly consistent with regional climate and environmental change is found, however, contrary to the general trend, several lineages subsequently appear to have reverted from drier to more mesic habitats.
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Paleogene Land Mammal Faunas of South America; a Response to Global Climatic Changes and Indigenous Floral Diversity
Michael O. Woodburne,Francisco J. Goin,Mariano Bond,Alfredo Armando Carlini,Javier N. Gelfo,Guillermo López,Ari Iglesias,Ana Natalia Zimicz +7 more
TL;DR: In addition to being composed of essentially different groups of mammals, those of the South American continent seem to have responded to the climatic changes associated with the ECCO and subsequent conditions in a pattern that was initially comparable to, but subsequently different from, their North American counterparts.
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