Fossil oak galls preserve ancient multitrophic interactions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1648, 2008, Pages 2213-2219

  Stone, Graham N ^a   Van Der Ham, Raymond W J M ^b   Brewer, Jan G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cynipid; Fossil; Gall; Multitrophic; Oak; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; EEMIAN; EVERGREEN TREE; EVOLUTION; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; INTERGLACIAL; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITOID; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIALIST; TRACE FOSSIL; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WASP;

ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FOSSIL; GALL INSECT; HERBIVORE; INTERGLACIAL; NONHUMAN; OAK; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUERCUS CERRIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASP;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANDRICUS; CYNIPIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CERRIS;

EID: 49749104282     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0494     Document Type: Article

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