Isotopic evidence of C4 grasses in southwestern Europe during the early Oligocene-middle Miocene

C4 plants are widely successful in the grass-dominated ecosystems of tropical, subtropical, and warm-temperate regions, largely as a result of their ability to limit photorespiration and improve water-use efficiency. A widely held paradigm is that low (

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Published in:Geology (Boulder) 2010-12, Vol.38 (12), p.1091-1094
Main Authors: Urban, Michael A, Nelson, David M, Jiménez-Moreno, Gonzalo, Châteauneuf, Jean-Jacques, Pearson, Ann, Hu, Feng Sheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
basins
C-13/C-12
carbon
Cenozoic
ecosystems
Europe
experimental studies
France
Freshwater
geochemistry
grasses
isotope ratios
isotopes
lake sediments
lower Miocene
marine sediments
microfossils
middle Miocene
Miocene
miospores
Neogene
Oligocene
paleoclimatology
paleoecology
Paleogene
palynomorphs
Paris Basin
pollen
Provence
Provence Basin
Rubielos de Mora Basin
sample preparation
sediments
southwestern Europe
stable isotopes
Stratigraphy
terrestrial environment
Tertiary
vegetation
Western Europe
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Summary:C4 plants are widely successful in the grass-dominated ecosystems of tropical, subtropical, and warm-temperate regions, largely as a result of their ability to limit photorespiration and improve water-use efficiency. A widely held paradigm is that low (
ISSN:0091-7613
1943-2682
DOI:10.1130/G31117.1