Insect-damaged fossil leaves record food web response to ancient climate change and extinction

New Phytologist

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 486-502

  Wilf, P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cretaceous; Eocene; Extinction; Food webs; Herbivory; Paleocene; Plant insect associations

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; EXTINCTION; FOLIAGE; FOOD WEB; FOSSIL RECORD; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HERBIVORY; PALEOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; CLIMATE; FOOD CHAIN; FOSSIL; INSECT; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOOD CHAIN; FOSSILS; INSECTS; PLANT LEAVES;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 42249103988     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02395.x     Document Type: Review

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