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Amazonia Through Time: Andean Uplift, Climate Change, Landscape Evolution, and Biodiversity
Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), v 330(6006), pp 927-931
12 Nov 2010
PMID: 21071659
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Abstract
The Amazonian rainforest is arguably the most species-rich terrestrial ecosystem in the world, yet the timing of the origin and evolutionary causes of this diversity are a matter of debate. We review the geologic and phylogenetic evidence from Amazonia and compare it with uplift records from the Andes. This uplift and its effect on regional climate fundamentally changed the Amazonian landscape by reconfiguring drainage patterns and creating a vast influx of sediments into the basin. On this "Andean" substrate, a region-wide edaphic mosaic developed that became extremely rich in species, particularly in Western Amazonia. We show that Andean uplift was crucial for the evolution of Amazonian landscapes and ecosystems, and that current biodiversity patterns are rooted deep in the pre-Quaternary.
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- Title
- Amazonia Through Time: Andean Uplift, Climate Change, Landscape Evolution, and Biodiversity
- Creators
- C. Hoorn - University of AmsterdamF. P. Wesselingh - Naturalis Biodiversity CenterH. ter Steege - Utrecht UniversityM. A. Bermudez - Central University of VenezuelaA. Mora - EcopetrolJ. Sevink - University of AmsterdamI. Sanmartin - Real Jardín BotánicoA. Sanchez-Meseguer - Real Jardín BotánicoC. L. Anderson - Real Jardín BotánicoJ. P. Figueiredo - PetrobrasC. Jaramillo - Smithsonian Tropical Research InstituteD. Riff - Universidade Federal de UberlândiaF. R. Negri - Universidade Federal do AcreH. Hooghiemstra - University of AmsterdamJ. Lundberg - Drexel UniversityT. Stadler - ETH ZurichT. Saerkinen - University of OxfordA. Antonelli - University of GothenburgNaturvetenskapliga fakulteten
- Publication Details
- Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), v 330(6006), pp 927-931
- Publisher
- Amer Assoc Advancement Science
- Number of pages
- 5
- Grant note
- Osk. Huttunen Foundation Helsingin Sanomain Saatio Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Fund Academy of Sciences of Finland; Academy of Finland
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000284118000031
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-78149375687
- Other Identifier
- 991019335230604721
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