Opposite macroevolutionary responses to environmental changes in grasses and insects during the Neogene grassland expansion

oleh: Gael J. Kergoat, Fabien L. Condamine, Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint, Claire Capdevielle-Dulac, Anne-Laure Clamens, Jérôme Barbut, Paul Z. Goldstein, Bruno Le Ru

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-11-01

Deskripsi

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.