and the diverse modes of insect fossilization and major fossil deposits. Major sections then explore the relationships and evolution of each order of hexapods. The volume also chronicles major ...

In natural and agricultural ecosystems, omnivorous insects are omnipresent. Whether they are 'true omnivores' that require both plant and prey resources to complete their life-cycle, 'herbivores ...

Whereas other volumes have focused on either living species or fossils, this is the first comprehensive synthesis of all aspects of insect evolution. The book is illustrated with 955 photo- and ...

Each type of defense can be either constitutive (always present in the plant), or induced (produced in reaction to damage or stress caused by herbivores). Historically, insects have been the most ...

Morning glory plants that can resist the effects of glyphosate also resist damage from herbivorous insects, according to a ...

H. Butterflies and plants: A study in coevolution. Evolution 18, 586–608 (1964). Ghiselin, M. T. " Pages xi–xix" in The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilized by Insects ...

"When we examined the fossil, we identified pollen grains on the sawfly's head which revealed it had visited a flowering ...

So imagine these gall wasps: they’re laying their eggs, and the developing larva causes this chemical cascade where the plants build this defensive structure, a gall, but the insect lives a ...

Chimpanzees are the animals with the most complex memory, apart from humans. They remember where and when ripe fruits are ...

"Studies in the past usually look at the evolution of herbicide resistance in these plants or they'll look at how applying the herbicide directly to specific insects will affect them," Zhang said.