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Opposite macroevolutionary responses to environmental changes in grasses and insects during the Neogene grassland expansion
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2018.
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Abstract
- The expansion of grassland plant diversity is thought to have facilitated diversification of herbivorous insects. Here, the authors show opposing evolutionary dynamics in a clade of African grasses and associated stemborers, opposing the hypothesis about grasslands as a 'cradle' of herbivore diversity.
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.fdd17b75b8f44f0a54d069eb5b17aed
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07537-8