Team Publications

Publications by the members of the Paleosynthesis Team and Scientific Advisory Board

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16JUL 2024
Team Publications
Physical constraints during Snowball Earth
“Molecular and fossil evidence suggests that complex eukaryotic multicellularity evolved during the late Neoproterozoic era, coincident with Snowball Earth glaciations, where ice sheets covered most of the globe. During this period, environmental conditions-such as seawater temperature and the availability of photosynthetically active light in the oceans-likely changed dramatically. Such changes would have had significant effects […]“Molecular and fossil evidence suggests that complex eukaryotic multicellularity evolved during the late Neoproterozoic era, coincident with Snowball Earth glaciations, where ice sheets covered most of the globe. During this period, environmental conditions-such as seawater temperature and the availability of photosynthetically active light in the oceans-likely changed dramatically. Such changes would have had significant effects […]
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16JUL 2024
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Reef refugia
“In the face of rising global temperatures, coral reefs experience coral mass bleaching and mortality. Subtropical and mesophotic environments may represent refugia for reef corals under climate change, where they can survive and eventually recolonize degraded areas. Using a comprehensive database of fossil reefs, we empirically assess the efficacy of subtropical, deeper, and turbid mesophotic […]“In the face of rising global temperatures, coral reefs experience coral mass bleaching and mortality. Subtropical and mesophotic environments may represent refugia for reef corals under climate change, where they can survive and eventually recolonize degraded areas. Using a comprehensive database of fossil reefs, we empirically assess the efficacy of subtropical, deeper, and turbid mesophotic […]
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05JUL 2024
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Challenges in estimating species’ age from phylogenetic trees
“Our results call for caution in interpreting the relationship between phylogenetic ages and eco-evolutionary traits, as this can lead to biased and erroneous conclusions. We show that, under the assumption of bifurcating speciation, we can obtain unbiased approximations of species age by combining information from branch lengths with the expectations of a birth–death process.” Open […]
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28JUN 2024
Team Publications
Physical constraints during Snowball Earth
“Molecular and fossil evidence suggests that complex eukaryotic multicellularity evolved during the late Neoproterozoic era, coincident with Snowball Earth glaciations, where ice sheets covered most of the globe. During this period, environmental conditions—such as seawater temperature and the availability of photosynthetically active light in the oceans–likely changed dramatically. Such changes would have had significant effects […]“Molecular and fossil evidence suggests that complex eukaryotic multicellularity evolved during the late Neoproterozoic era, coincident with Snowball Earth glaciations, where ice sheets covered most of the globe. During this period, environmental conditions—such as seawater temperature and the availability of photosynthetically active light in the oceans–likely changed dramatically. Such changes would have had significant effects […]
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20JUN 2024
Team Publications
The effect of the Tethyan seaway closure
“The Cenozoic evolution of the Tethyan seaway significantly shaped marine and terrestrial biota around Eurasia. The Tethys connected the Atlantic and the Pacific during the early Cenozoic, allowing marine faunal exchange. However, during the Early Miocene, the “Gomphotherium Landbridge” developed, restricting the marine connection between the proto-Mediterranean in the west and the provinces in the […]“The Cenozoic evolution of the Tethyan seaway significantly shaped marine and terrestrial biota around Eurasia. The Tethys connected the Atlantic and the Pacific during the early Cenozoic, allowing marine faunal exchange. However, during the Early Miocene, the “Gomphotherium Landbridge” developed, restricting the marine connection between the proto-Mediterranean in the west and the provinces in the […]
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20JUN 2024
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Hazel dormice use reed beds
“This study presents empirical evidence elucidating the utilisation of reed beds by hazel dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius) during their summer activity phase. Historically characterised as an arboreal species confined to woodland and hedgerow habitats, the comprehensive assessment of this strictly protected species within reed beds and analogous wetland ecosystems across Europe has been lacking, presumably due […]“This study presents empirical evidence elucidating the utilisation of reed beds by hazel dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius) during their summer activity phase. Historically characterised as an arboreal species confined to woodland and hedgerow habitats, the comprehensive assessment of this strictly protected species within reed beds and analogous wetland ecosystems across Europe has been lacking, presumably due […]
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