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SUBMITTER: Schaefer I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6805910 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schaefer Ina I Caruso Tancredi T
Communications biology 20191022
The early evolution of ecosystems in Palaeozoic soils remains poorly understood because the fossil record is sparse, despite the preservation of soil microarthropods already from the Early Devonian (~410 Mya). The soil food web plays a key role in the functioning of ecosystems and its organisms currently express traits that have evolved over 400 my. Here, we conducted a phylogenetic trait analysis of a major soil animal group (Oribatida) to reveal the deep time story of the soil food web. We con ...[more]