The origins of interactions between angiosperms and fruit‐eating seed dispersers have
attracted much attention following a seminal paper on this topic by T iffney (1984). This …

There is concern over the future of the tropical rainforest (TRF) in the face of global warming.
Will TRFs collapse? The fossil record can inform us about that. Our compilation of 5,998 …

PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Major relationships within Lamiidae, an asterid clade with∼
40000 species, have largely eluded resolution despite two decades of intensive study. The …

The remarkably diverse plant communities of the Neotropics are the result of diversification
driven by multiple biotic (for example, speciation, extinction and dispersal) and abiotic (for …

The fossil record provides good evidence for the minimum ages of important events in the
diversification and geographic spread of Asteridae, with earliest examples extending back to …

The Paleocene megafossil flora of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains region in the
United States of America, including leaves, cones, fruits, and seeds, monographed by …

The origin and development of Neotropical biomes are central to our understanding of
extant ecosystems and our ability to predict their future. During the Cretaceous, biomass of …

Leguminosae are one of the most diverse flowering-plant groups today, but the evolutionary
history of the family remains obscure because of the scarce early fossil record, particularly …

Vertebrate‐mediated seed dispersal is a common attribute of many living plants, and
variation in the size and abundance of fleshy diaspores is influenced by regional climate …

Plant predation by insects is a major driver of high plant diversity in modern tropical forests.
Previous reports of leaf damage in middle–late Paleocene Neotropical rainforests of …