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ANNUAL REVIEW OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES, VOL 39
卷 39, 期 -, 页码 517-544出版社
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DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-040809-152402
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Poaceae; Cretaceous; Cenozoic; evolution; paleoecology
The evolution and subsequent ecological expansion of grasses (Poaceae) since the Late Cretaceous have resulted in the establishment of one of Earth's dominant bionics, the temperate and tropical grasslands, at the expense of forests. In the past decades, several new approaches have been applied to the fossil record of grasses to elucidate the patterns and processes of this ecosystem transformation. The data indicate that the development of grassland ecosystems on most continents was a multistage process involving the Paleogene appearance of (C-3 and C-4) open-habitat grasses, the mid-late Cenozoic spread of C-3 grass-dominated habitats, and, finally, the Late Neogene expansion of C-4 grasses at tropical-subtropical latitudes. The evolution of herbivores adapted to grasslands did not necessarily coincide with the spread of open-habitat grasses. In addition, the timing of these evolutionary and ecological events varied between regions. Consequently, region-by-region investigations using both direct (plant fossils) and indirect (e.g., stable carbon isotopes, faunas) evidence are required for a full understanding of the tempo and mode of grass and grassland evolution.
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