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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6006
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-11-12
pubmed:abstractText
Temperatures in tropical regions are estimated to have increased by 3° to 5°C, compared with Late Paleocene values, during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM, 56.3 million years ago) event. We investigated the tropical forest response to this rapid warming by evaluating the palynological record of three stratigraphic sections in eastern Colombia and western Venezuela. We observed a rapid and distinct increase in plant diversity and origination rates, with a set of new taxa, mostly angiosperms, added to the existing stock of low-diversity Paleocene flora. There is no evidence for enhanced aridity in the northern Neotropics. The tropical rainforest was able to persist under elevated temperatures and high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, in contrast to speculations that tropical ecosystems were severely compromised by heat stress.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:AlvaránMauricioM, pubmed-author:BayonaGermanG, pubmed-author:BermudezHermannH, pubmed-author:CardonaAgustinA, pubmed-author:Carvajal-OrtizHumbertoH, pubmed-author:ContrerasLinethL, pubmed-author:CrowleyJames LJL, pubmed-author:GreenWaltonW, pubmed-author:JaramilloCarlosC, pubmed-author:KrishnanSrinathS, pubmed-author:MontesCamiloC, pubmed-author:MorónSaraS, pubmed-author:MoraGermánG, pubmed-author:NavarreteRosaR, pubmed-author:OchoaDianaD, pubmed-author:OsornoJoseJ, pubmed-author:PaganiMarkM, pubmed-author:ParraFranciscoF, pubmed-author:PrattLisa MLM, pubmed-author:QuinteroOscarO, pubmed-author:QuirozLuisL, pubmed-author:RamirezRafaelR, pubmed-author:RodriguezGuillermoG, pubmed-author:RomeroMillerlandyM, pubmed-author:RuedaMilton JMJ, pubmed-author:SchoutenStefanS, pubmed-author:ValenciaVictorV, pubmed-author:VervoortJeffJ, pubmed-author:de la ParraFelipeF
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
330
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
957-61
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of rapid global warming at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary on neotropical vegetation.
pubmed:affiliation
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama. jaramilloc@si.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't