Extreme ecosystem instability suppressed tropical dinosaur dominance for 30 million years

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

Volumn 112, Issue 26, 2015, Pages 7909-7913

  Whiteside, Jessica H ^a   Lindström, Sofie ^b   Irmis, Randall B ^c,d   Glasspool, Ian J ^e,f   Schaller, Morgan F ^g   Dunlavey, Maria ^h   Nesbitt, Sterling J ⁱ   Smith, Nathan D ^j,l   Turner, Alan H ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^f FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^g RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Atmospheric CO2; Carbon cycling; Early mesozoic; Terrestrial ecosystems; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLIMATE; DINOSAUR; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORE; LATITUDE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER TRIASSIC; ANIMAL; FIRE; HEAT; TROPIC CLIMATE;

DINOSAURIA;

CARBON;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DINOSAURS; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; HOT TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84937865438     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1505252112     Document Type: Article

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