Early Permian insect folivory on a gigantopterid-dominated riparian flora from north-central Texas

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 139-173

  Beck, Allison L ^a,c   Labandeira, Conrad C ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Herbivorous taxa; Insecta; Paleoecology; Permian; Plantae; Trophic analysis

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; INSECT; PALEOECOLOGY; PERMIAN; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

UNITED STATES, TEXAS;

EID: 0032532826     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00060-1     Document Type: Article

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