Did insect pollination cause increased seed plant diversity?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 407-427

  Gorelick, Root ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperm radiation; Extinction; Gymnosperm; Insect radiation; Plant coevolution; Pollinator; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; COEVOLUTION; INSECT; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHEIROLEPIDIACEAE; CYCADALES; CYCADEOIDALES; FORMICIDAE; GNETALES; GYMNOSPERMAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MEDULLOSALES; POACEAE; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0035698890     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.2001.0602     Document Type: Article

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