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Cenozoic evolution of the steppe-desert biome in Central Asia
N. Barbolini
1
A. Woutersen
1
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet
2, 3, 4
D. Silvestro
D. Tardif
P. Coster
N. Meijer
C. Chang
H.-X. Zhang
A. Licht
C. Rydin
A. Koutsodendris
F. Han
A. Rohrmann
X.-J. Liu
Y. Zhang
Y. Donnadieu
F. Fluteau
J.-B. Ladant
G. Le Hir
C. Hoorn
N. Barbolini 1
Author
A. Woutersen 1
Author
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet 2, 3, 4
Author IdHAL : guillaume-dupont-nivet ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9905-9739
D. Silvestro
Author
Y. Donnadieu
Author IdHAL : yannick-donnadieu ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7315-2684
F. Fluteau
Author
J.-B. Ladant
Author
G. Le Hir
Author
C. Hoorn
Author
1
UvA - University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (Spui 21 1012 WX Amsterdam - Netherlands)
2
Universität Potsdam (Am Neuen Palais 10, 14469 Potsdam - Germany)
3
GR - Géosciences Rennes (Bâtiment 15 - Université de Rennes 1 - Campus de Beaulieu -263 Av du général Leclerc- CS 74205 - 35042 Rennes Cedex - France - France)
- UR1 - Université de Rennes 1 (2 rue du Thabor - CS 46510 - 35065 Rennes cedex - France)
- UNIV-RENNES - Université de Rennes (France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- OSUR - Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (263 avenue du Général Leclerc - 35042 Rennes cedex - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR6118 (France)
4
Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution (China)
- Peking University [Beijing] (No.5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, Beijing, P.R.China 100871 - China)
Abstract : The origins and development of the arid and highly seasonal steppe-desert biome in Central Asia, the largest of its kind in the world, remain largely unconstrained by existing records. It is unclear how Cenozoic climatic, geological, and biological forces, acting at diverse spatial and temporal scales, shaped Central Asian ecosystems through time. Our synthesis shows that the Central Asian steppe-desert has existed since at least Eocene times but experienced no less than two regime shifts, one at the Eocene–Oligocene Transition and one in the mid-Miocene. These shifts separated three successive “stable states,” each characterized by unique floral and faunal structures. Past responses to disturbance in the Asian steppe-desert imply that modern ecosystems are unlikely to recover their present structures and diversity if forced into a new regime. This is of concern for Asian steppes today, which are being modified for human use and lost to desertification at unprecedented rates.
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- HAL Id : insu-02965777, version 1
- DOI : 10.1126/sciadv.abb8227
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N. Barbolini, A. Woutersen, Guillaume Dupont-Nivet, D. Silvestro, D. Tardif, et al.. Cenozoic evolution of the steppe-desert biome in Central Asia. Science Advances , American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2020, 6 (41), pp.eabb8227. ⟨10.1126/sciadv.abb8227⟩. ⟨insu-02965777⟩
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