Fire-adapted Gondwanan Angiosperm floras evolved in the Cretaceous

Background: Fires have been widespread over the last 250 million years, peaking 60-125 million years ago (Ma), and might therefore have played a key role in the evolution of Angiosperms. Yet it is commonly believed that fireprone communities existed only after the global climate became more arid and...

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Main Authors: Lamont, Byron, He, Tianhua
Format: Journal Article
Published: Biomed Central 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10505