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SUBMITTER: Mayhew PJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2562410 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mayhew Peter J PJ Jenkins Gareth B GB Benton Timothy G TG
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20080101 1630
The past relationship between global temperature and levels of biological diversity is of increasing concern due to anthropogenic climate warming. However, no consistent link between these variables has yet been demonstrated. We analysed the fossil record for the last 520 Myr against estimates of low latitude sea surface temperature for the same period. We found that global biodiversity (the richness of families and genera) is related to temperature and has been relatively low during warm 'green ...[more]