Re: How Did Flowering Plants Evolve to Dominate Earth?

["Dora Smith" <villandra@austin.rr.com>]

It was probably also a plot with bees and certain small flying feathered 
therapods.

And small mammals.   ;)

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX
tiggernut24@yahoo.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Erickson" <tehdinomahn@live.com>
To: "Dino List" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 11:52 PM
Subject: RE: How Did Flowering Plants Evolve to Dominate Earth?


> Bah, I'm not convinced. I still say it was dinosaurs. And the 
> paleobotanists need to get used to it.
>
> But what the heck do I know about stinkin' flowers? :)
>
> ~ Michael
>
> ----------------------------------------
> > Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:55:13 -0500
> > From: oxytropidoceras@cox.net
> > To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> > Subject: How Did Flowering Plants Evolve to Dominate Earth?
> >
> > How Did Flowering Plants Evolve to Dominate Earth?
> > Science Daily, Dec. 1, 2009
> >
> > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091201100221.htm
> >
> > How Did Flowering Plants Evolve to Dominate Earth?
> > Wiley-Blackwell, Dec. 30, 2009
> >
> > http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=63350&CultureCode=en
> >
> > The paper is:
> >
> > Brodribb, T. J., and T. S. Feild, 2009, Leaf hydraulic
> > evolution led a surge in leaf photosynthetic capacity
> > during early angiosperm diversification. Ecology Letters.
> > Published Online Nov. 30, 2009.
> >
> > http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123193748/abstract
> >
> > Yours,
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > Paul Heinrich
> > Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803
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