Title
Preliminary tropical fungal palynology of early-middle Miocene sediments from Northwestern Peru
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Fungal communities are a vital part of terrestrial ecosystem functions and understanding how they respond to climate change is necessary for predicting future assemblage dynamics. Sediments deposited during the Miocene Climate Optimum (MCO), 18-13 million years ago, provide an opportunity to examine fungal responses to a warming event with CO2 values similar to those today. Few fungal datasets exist for tropical regions during the MCO, and only one uses modern methods to identify fossil fungi and complete paleoecological inferences and paleoclimatological reconstructions using the nearest living relative method.
Publication Date
4-2023
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Cabrera, Jeremyah; Marsh, Christopher; Smallwood, Liberty; VanderEpst, Ollie; Romero, Ingrid; Otaño, Noelia Nuñez; Ochoa, Diana; and O’Keefe, Jen, "Preliminary tropical fungal palynology of early-middle Miocene sediments from Northwestern Peru" (2023). 2023 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations. 15.
https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/celebration_posters_2023/15
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