Middle Jurassic insect mines on gymnosperms provide missing links to early mining evolution
L Xiao, CC Labandeira, Y Wu, CK Shih, D Ren… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the mining mode of insect feeding, involving larval consumption of a plant's
internal tissues, from the Middle Jurassic (165 million years ago) Daohugou locality of …
internal tissues, from the Middle Jurassic (165 million years ago) Daohugou locality of …
Rich specialized insect damage on Pliocene leaves from the Mahuadanr Valley (India) growing under a warm climate with weak seasonality
Plant‐insect interactions play a crucial role in shaping terrestrial ecosystems, influencing
abundance and distribution of plant species. In the present study, we investigated leaf …
abundance and distribution of plant species. In the present study, we investigated leaf …
Middle to late Miocene cooling and drying in the northern Tibetan Plateau based on evidence from plant-insect interactions
C Wang, YC Liu, N Maslova, H Jia, Q Li… - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Qaidam Basin in the northern Tibetan Plateau is currently arid, but may have
had a semi-humid to semi-arid climate in Miocene times, as suggested by pollen and …
had a semi-humid to semi-arid climate in Miocene times, as suggested by pollen and …