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Biogeographic Implications of Changing Oxygen Levels through Time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2017

Peter Ward
Peter Ward*
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Department of Biology, the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Abstract

Changing oxygen values in the past would have changed the potential for gene flow across higher elevations in terrestrial settings. In this brief review I discuss new work showing that intervals of low oxygen (essentially the late Permian through Middle Jurassic) should have caused extreme endemism among terrestrial animals and perhaps plants.

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The Paleontological Society Papers , Volume 11: Paleobiogeography: Generating New Insights into the Coevolution of the Earth and its Biota , October 2005 , pp. 45 - 48
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Copyright © 2005 by the Paleontological Society 

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