Tracking Ecosystem Recovery after Collapse | Rise of the Mammals

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WGBH NOVA Rise of the Mammals Tracking Ecosystem Recovery After Collapse science STEM life science ecology ecosystem evolution extinction adaptation diversity collapse recovery climate plants animals pollen spores rock layers fossil record dinosaur extinction extinction event micropaleontology paleontology microscopic record microfossils fossils ancient ecosystems species diversity
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Science
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Tracking Ecosystem Recovery after Collapse | Rise of the Mammals

Learn how the diversity of plant life in the forest ecosystem changed following the dinosaur extinction and discover which kinds of animals would have thrived during the pathway to recovery in this video from NOVA: Rise of the Mammals. Use this resource to describe evidence that suggests how environmental factors influenced plant and animal survival and an emergence of species diversity.
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