Fire-adapted Gondwanan Angiosperm floras evolved in the Cretaceous

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>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 exi...

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Main Authors: Lamont Byron B, He Tianhua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-11-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/223