Climate Caused Biodiversity Booms and Busts in Ancient Plants and Mammals
Thursday, August 6, 2009 - 11:45
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A period of global warming from 53 million to 47 million years ago strongly influenced plants and animals, spurring a biodiversity boom in western North America, researchers from three research museums report in a paper published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.