Orbital variations as a major driver of climate and biome distribution during the greenhouse to icehouse transition
Delphine Tardif, Agathe Toumoulin, Frédéric Fluteau, Yannick Donnadieu, Guillaume Le Hir, Natasha Barbolini, Alexis Licht, Jean‐Baptiste Ladant, Pierre Sepulchre, Nicolas Viovy, Carina Hoorn, Guillaume Dupont‐Nivet
Abstract
, orbital variations crucially modulated major faunal dispersal events around the EOT such as the Grande Coupure by creating and fragmenting the biome corridors along several key land bridges.
Topics & Concepts
BiomeDistribution (mathematics)Climate changeTransition (genetics)Greenhouse effectEcologyEnvironmental scienceBiologyGlobal warmingEcosystemGeneticsGeneMathematicsMathematical analysisGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchPlant and Biological Electrophysiology StudiesPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics