Fossil tooth-enamel carbon-isotope records document a widespread increase in C4-plant biomass between 8 and 6 Ma across Asia, Africa, North America and South America, with earlier increases at lower latitudes.
claim:event:c4-grassland-expansionGlobal vegetation change through the Miocene/Pliocene boundary
Cerling, T.E.; Harris, J.M.; MacFadden, B.J.; et al.
Year1997
Source roleprimary-study
DOI / ID10.1038/38229
Fitness and scope
ecology · event-mechanism