The Great Divergence: When Did Diversity on Land Exceed That in the Sea?
Between 85% and 95% of all living macroscopic species are found on land; the rest are mainly marine. We argue that the extraordinary diversity on land is geologically recent, dating from the mid-Cretaceous period, ~ 110 million years ago. We suggest that the ability and necessity to be rare— that is...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Integrative and Comparative Biology. - Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. - 50(2010), 4, Seite 675-682 |
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2010
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Integrative and Comparative Biology |
| Schlagworte: | Biological sciences Physical sciences |
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