Insect herbivory close to the Oligocene-Miocene transition - A quantitative analysis

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 292, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 540-550

  Wappler, Torsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Herbivory; Palaeobotany; Plant insect interactions; Siebengebirge; Upper Oligocene

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL RECORD; HERBIVORY; INSECT; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRACE FOSSIL;

GERMANY;

HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 78449234539     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.04.029     Document Type: Article

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