caa a22 4500 528786210 20181217030314.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180924e20140807xx s 000 0 eng 10.3929/ethz-b-000087846 doi 10.1038/srep05974 doi (ETHRESEARCH)oai:www.research-collection.ethz.ch:20.500.11850/87846 Epiphytic leafy liverworts diversified in angiosperm-dominated forests [Elektronische Daten] [Kathrin Feldberg, Harald Schneider, Tanja; id_orcid 0000-0001-6431-535X Stadler, Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp, Alexander R. Schmidt, Jochen Heinrichs] Sci Rep Open access ethresearch Recent studies have provided evidence for pulses in the diversification of angiosperms, ferns, gymnosperms, and mosses as well as various groups of animals during the Cretaceous revolution of terrestrial ecosystems. However, evidence for such pulses has not been reported so far for liverworts. Here we provide new insight into liverwort evolution by integrating a comprehensive molecular dataset with a set of 20 fossil age constraints. We found evidence for a relative constant diversification rate of generalistic liverworts (Jungermanniales) since the Palaeozoic, whereas epiphytic liverworts (Porellales) show a sudden increase of lineage accumulation in the Cretaceous. This difference is likely caused by the pronounced response of Porellales to the ecological opportunities provided by humid, megathermal forests, which were increasingly available as a result of the rise of the angiosperms. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ethresearch Phylogenetics ethresearch Biodiversity ethresearch Biogeography ethresearch Feldberg Kathrin joint author Schneider Harald joint author Stadler Tanja; id_orcid 0000-0001-6431-535X joint author Schäfer-Verwimp Alfons joint author Schmidt Alexander R. joint author Heinrichs Jochen joint author Scientific Reports London : Nature Publishing Group 4, p. 5974 2045-2322 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/87846 text/html WWW-Backlink auf das Repository (Open access) 1 Journal Article ethresearch ETHRESEARCH 856 40 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/87846 text/html WWW-Backlink auf das Repository (Open access) ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Feldberg Kathrin joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Schneider Harald joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Stadler Tanja; id_orcid 0000-0001-6431-535X joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Schäfer-Verwimp Alfons joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Schmidt Alexander R. joint author ETHRESEARCH 700 1- Heinrichs Jochen joint author ETHRESEARCH 773 0- Scientific Reports London : Nature Publishing Group 4, p. 5974 2045-2322 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 ETHRESEARCH ETHRESEARCH ETHRESEARCH Journal Article Open access