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The ecology of Cainozoic ferns
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The ecology of Cainozoic ferns is documented (excluding that based only on nearest living relatives). Free-floating water Ferns (of the modern genera Azolla and Salvinia ) are widespread in the Cainogene as mentioned in this paper.About:
This article is published in Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology.The article was published on 2002-05-01. It has received 125 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Dicksoniaceae & Cyatheaceae.read more
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Subtropical Arctic Ocean temperatures during the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum
Appy Sluijs,Stefan Schouten,Mark Pagani,Martijn Woltering,Henk Brinkhuis,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté,Gerald R. Dickens,Matthew Huber,Gert-Jan Reichart,Ruediger Stein,Jens Matthiessen,Lucas Joost Lourens,Nikolai Pedentchouk,Jan Backman,Kathryn Moran,Steve Clemens,Thomas M. Cronin,Frédérique Eynaud,Jérôme Gattacceca,Jérôme Gattacceca,Martin Jakobsson,R.W. Jordan,Michael A. Kaminski,John W. King,Nalân Koç,Nahysa C. Martinez,David McInroy,Theodore C. Moore,Matt O'Regan,Jonaotaro Onodera,Heiko Pälike,Brice R. Rea,Domenico Rio,Tatsuhiko Sakamoto,David C. Smith,Kristen St. John,Itsuki Suto,Noritoshi Suzuki,Kozo Takahashi,Mahito Watanabe,Masanobu Yamamoto +40 more
TL;DR: It is shown that sea surface temperatures near the North Pole increased from ∼18 °C to over 23°C during this event, which suggests that higher-than-modern greenhouse gas concentrations must have operated in conjunction with other feedback mechanisms—perhaps polar stratospheric clouds or hurricane-induced ocean mixing—to amplify early Palaeogene polar temperatures.
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Fire in Mediterranean Ecosystems: Ecology, Evolution and Management
TL;DR: In this article, the convergence of Mediterranean-type climate ecosystems and fire is discussed. But the authors focus on the management of Mediterranean landscapes, rather than the ecology of Mediterranean type ecosystems.
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Tectonics and Climate of the Southern Central Andes
Manfred R. Strecker,Ricardo N. Alonso,Bodo Bookhagen,Barbara Carrapa,George E. Hilley,Edward R. Sobel,Martin H. Trauth +6 more
TL;DR: The history of the southern central Andes, including the world's second largest plateau and adjacent intermontane basins and ranges of the Eastern Cordillera and the northern Sierras Pampeanas of Argentina and Bolivia, impressively documents the effects of tectonics and topography on atmospheric circulation patterns, the development of orographic barriers, and their influence on erosion and landscape evolution at various timescales as discussed by the authors.
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Episodic fresh surface waters in the Eocene Arctic Ocean
Henk Brinkhuis,Stefan Schouten,Margaret E. Collinson,Appy Sluijs,Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté,Gerald R. Dickens,Matthew Huber,Thomas M. Cronin,Jonaotaro Onodera,Kozo Takahashi,Jonathan P. Bujak,Ruediger Stein,Johan van der Burgh,James S Eldrett,Ian C. Harding,André F. Lotter,Francesca Sangiorgi,Han van Konijnenburg-van Cittert,Han van Konijnenburg-van Cittert,Jan W. de Leeuw,Jens Matthiessen,Jan Backman,Kathryn Moran,Expedition Scientists +23 more
TL;DR: Palaeogene sediments obtained during the Arctic Coring Expedition are analysed, showing that large quantities of the free-floating fern Azolla grew and reproduced in the Arctic Ocean by the onset of the middle Eocene epoch and that onset and termination of the Azolla phase depended on the degree of oceanic exchange between Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
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Ecological strategies in fern evolution: a neopteridological overview
TL;DR: It is argued that a similar general framework of weaknesses and strengths is likely to have operated in the past, and thus have been of similar relevance in defining and promoting the ecological achievements of the fossil pteridophytes in relation to selection pressures and consequent adaptations.
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The Families And Genera Of Vascular Plants
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a survey of eudicots: sapindales, cucurbitales, myrtaceae, and myrithaceae. And they propose a new genus named myrtium.
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The fossil record 2
TL;DR: This chapter discusses the main groups of the phylum Protozoa, which consists of Invertebrates, Amphibian-grade Tetrapoda, and Plants, and their relationships to each other.
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The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Vol. 1. Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms
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Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution
TL;DR: The transition from the Eocene to the Oligocene epoch was the most significant event in Earth history since the extinction of dinosaurs as mentioned in this paper, and the separation of Antarctica from Australia was a critical factor in changing oceanic circulation and ultimately world climate.