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开花植物的崛起与针叶树的衰退

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

A colony of Araucaria columnaris, a conifer endemic to New Caledonia occurring along sea coasts.

image: A colony of Araucaria columnaris, a conifer endemic to New Caledonia occurring along sea coasts. view more 

Credit: Image credit: Fabien L. Condamine.

一项研究审视了时间经过校准的种系发生和化石记录,发现起源于白垩纪的针叶树的衰退能被开花植物的崛起最好地加以解释,而不是单独被全球气候变化解释,而且这表现在了自从白垩纪以来针叶树灭绝率的增加;这组作者说,这些结果表明了在一个气候变化时期里的生命之树的两大主要分支之间的竞争的影响。

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