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Unveiling the diversification dynamics of Australasian predaceous diving beetles in the Cenozoic.
Systematic biology - 1 Jan 2015
Toussaint Emmanuel F A, Condamine Fabien L, Hawlitschek Oliver, Watts Chris H, Porch Nick, Hendrich Lars, Balke Michael
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During the Cenozoic, Australia experienced major climatic shifts that have had dramatic ecological consequences for the modern biota. Mesic tropical ecosystems were progressively restricted to the coasts and replaced by arid-adapted floral and faunal communities. Whilst the role of aridification has been investigated in a wide range of terrestrial lineages, the response of freshwater clades remains poorly...
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