Decoupled plant and insect diversity after the end-cretaceous extinction

Science

Volumn 313, Issue 5790, 2006, Pages 1112-1115

  Wilf, Peter ^a   Labandaira, Conrad C ^b,c   Johnson, Kirk R ^d   Ellis, Beth ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDING; INSECT CONTROL;

FOOD WEBS; INSECT DAMAGE RICHNESS; INSECT DIVERSITY; PALEOCENE FLORAS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANGIOSPERM; BIODIVERSITY; CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; EXTINCTION RISK; FOOD WEB; INSECT; PALEOCENE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CRETACEOUS; FLORA; FOOD WEB; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PALEOCENE; PELAGIC ZONE; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; COLORADO; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FOSSILS; INSECTS; MONTANA; NORTH DAKOTA; PLANT LEAVES; TREES; WYOMING;

DENVER BASIN; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33748029512     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1129569     Document Type: Article

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