Testing for the effects and consequences of mid paleogene climate change on insect herbivory.

The Eocene, a time of fluctuating environmental change and biome evolution, was generally driven by exceptionally warm temperatures. The Messel (47.8 Ma) and Eckfeld (44.3 Ma) deposits offer a rare opportunity to take a census of two, deep-time ecosystems occurring during a greenhouse system. An und...

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Main Authors: Torsten Wappler, Conrad C Labandeira, Jes Rust, Herbert Frankenhäuser, Volker Wilde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3399891?pdf=render