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The passage directly reports a 75% decline in tree-genus richness from the Miocene peak to the Holocene, but omits the Western and Central European geographic qualifier. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Cenozoic losses of tree diversity constrain climatic adaptation of Western and Central European forests · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:df7d20fa9910034408e4ea53566bee347c28815ce4c50cb5ceaed732b7a63bcd

Altogether, tree genus richness decreased 75% from its peak in the Miocene to the Holocene, with gymnosperms (79% decrease) more impacted than angiosperms (75% decrease).