Differential extinction and the contrasting structure of polar marine faunas.

Differential extinction and the contrasting structure of polar marine faunas.

BACKGROUND: The low taxonomic diversity of polar marine faunas today reflects both the failure of clades to colonize or diversify in high latitudes and regional extinctions of once-present clades. However, simple models of polar evolution are made difficult by the strikingly different faunal composi...

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Main Authors: Andrew Z Krug, David Jablonski, Kaustuv Roy, Alan G Beu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3008738?pdf=render

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