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Volume 155, Number 26 (June 26, 1999)

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Warmer climate spurred ancient plant pests

Insects in Earth's past thrived during a period of global warming, a finding that suggests that temperature underlies the great variety of species in the tropics.

References:

Coley, P.D. 1999. Hungry herbivores seek a warmer world. Science 284(June 25):2098.

Wilf, P., and C.C. Labandeira. 1999. Response of plant-insect associations to Paleocene-Eocene warming. Science 284(June 25):2153.

Sources:

Phyllis D. Coley
University of Utah
Department of Biology
Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Conrad C. Labandeira
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
Department of Paleobiology
Washington, DC 20560-0121

Peter Wilf
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
Department of Paleobiology
Washington, DC 20560-0121

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 26, June 26, 1999, p. 407. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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