Peatmoss (Sphagnum) diversification associated with Miocene Northern Hemisphere climatic cooling?
Global climate changes sometimes spark biological radiations that can feed back to effect significant ecological impacts. Northern Hemisphere peatlands dominated by living and dead peatmosses (Sphagnum) harbor almost 30% of the global soil carbon pool and have functioned as a net carbon sink through...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/5554 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/5554 |
| Summary: | Global climate changes sometimes spark biological radiations that can feed back to effect significant ecological impacts. Northern Hemisphere peatlands dominated by living and dead peatmosses (Sphagnum) harbor almost 30% of the global soil carbon pool and have functioned as a net carbon sink throughout the Holocene, and probably since the late Tertiary. Before that time, northern latitudes were dominated by tropical and temperate plant groups and ecosystems. |
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