A further test of a palaeoecological thermometer: Tropical rainforests have more herbivore damage diversity than temperate forests

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 60-66

  Adams, Jonathan M ^a,b   Ahn, Soyeon ^a   Ainuddin, Nurun ^b   Lee, Mei Ling ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Climate; Damage diversity; Herbivory; Latitude; Leaves; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; HERBIVORE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LEAF; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MALAYSIA; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 79551638781     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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