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Plate tectonics drive tropical reef biodiversity dynamics
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2016.
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Abstract
- Over a geological timescale, plate tectonics are thought to promote biodiversity, but this link remained descriptive. Here, Leprieur et al. model dynamically how plate tectonics shaped species diversification and movement of hotspots on tropical reefs over the past 140 million years.
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.97a6ffb03e9a42e9ae4cfcceed4cb3ce
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11461