Climatic influences on species: Evidence from the fossil record
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
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Abstract
The detailed Neogene and Quaternary paleoclimatic reconstructions now available provide a means to test how species respond to environmental change. Paleontologic studies of marine organisms show that climatic change causes evolution (via cladogenesis and anagenesis), ecophenotypic variation, migration, morphologic stasis and extinction. Evolution during climatic change is a rare event relative to the number of climatic cycles that have occurred, but climate-related environmental barriers, usually temperature, may play an important role in the isolation of populations during allopatric speciation.
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Cronin, T.M., and Schneider, C., 1990, Climatic influences on species: Evidence from the fossil record: Trends in Ecology and Evolution, v. 5, no. 9, p. 275-279, https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-5347(90)90080-W.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Climatic influences on species: Evidence from the fossil record |
| Series title | Trends in Ecology and Evolution |
| DOI | 10.1016/0169-5347(90)90080-W |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Year Published | 1990 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 275 |
| Last page | 279 |