Peatmoss (Sphagnum) diversification associated with Miocene Northern Hemisphere climatic cooling?

Shaw, A. J.; Devos, N.; Cox, C. J.; Boles, S. B.; Shaw, B.; Buchanan, A. M.; Cave, L.; Seppelt, R.

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Global climate changes sometimes spark biological radiations that can feed back to effect significant ecological impacts. Northern Hemisphere peatlands dominated by living and dead peatmosses (Sphagnum) harbor almost 30% of the global soil carbon pool and have functioned as a net carbon sink throughout the Holocene, and probably since the late Tertiary. Before that time, northern latitudes were dominated by tropical and temperate plant groups and ecosystems.

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Bryophyte evolution Sphagnum Miocene Peatmosses Peatlands

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Shaw, A.J.; Devos, N.; Cox, C.J.; Boles, S.B.; Shaw, B.; Buchanan, A.M.; Cave, L.; Seppelt, R.Peatmoss (Sphagnum) diversification associated with Miocene Northern Hemisphere climatic cooling?, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 55, 3, 1139-11, 2010.