The end-Cretaceous plant extinction: Heterogeneity, ecosystem transformation, and insights for the future

The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) mass extinction was geologically instantaneous, causing the most drastic extinction rates in Earth’s History. The rapid species losses and environmental destruction from the Chicxulub impact at 66.02 Ma made the K–Pg the most comparable past event to today’s projected...

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Main Authors: Peter Wilf, Mónica R. Carvalho, Elena Stiles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-01-01
Series:Cambridge Prisms: Extinction
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S275509582300013X/type/journal_article