Two-phase increase in the maximum size of life over 3.5 billion years reflects biological innovation and environmental opportunity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-27

  Payne, Jonathan L ^a   Boyer, Alison G ^b   Brown, James H ^b   Finnegan, Seth ^a   Kowalewski, Micha ^c   Krause Jr , Richard A ^d   Lyons, S Kathleen ^e   McClain, Craig R ^f   McShea, Daniel W ^g   Novack Gottshall, Philip M ^h   Smith, Felisa A ^b   Stempien, Jennifer A ⁱ   Wang, Steve C ^j  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^f MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^j SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Body size; Cambrian; Oxygen; Precambrian; Trend

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTA; BODY SIZE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOSSIL; LIFE EVENT; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; OXYGEN BREATHING; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PALEOZOIC; PERCEPTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRUM;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; OXYGEN;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 58549084171     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806314106     Document Type: Article

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