Arthropod and pathogen damage on fossil and modern plants: Exploring the origins and evolution of herbivory on land

CC Labandeira, T Wappler - Annual Review of Entomology, 2023‏ - annualreviews.org
The use of the functional feeding group–damage type system for analyzing arthropod and
pathogen interactions with plants has transformed our understanding of herbivory in fossil …

The fossil record of plant-insect dynamics

CC Labandeira, ED Currano - Annual Review of Earth and …, 2013‏ - annualreviews.org
Progress toward understanding the dynamics of ancient plant-insect associations has
addressed major patterns in the ecology and evolution of herbivory and pollination. This …

Extinction at the end-Cretaceous and the origin of modern Neotropical rainforests

MR Carvalho, C Jaramillo, F de la Parra… - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
The end-Cretaceous event was catastrophic for terrestrial communities worldwide, yet its
long-lasting effect on tropical forests remains largely unknown. We quantified plant …

Phytochemical diversity impacts herbivory in a tropical rainforest tree community

X Wang, Y He, BE Sedio, L **, X Ge… - Ecology …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Metabolomics provides an unprecedented window into diverse plant secondary metabolites
that represent a potentially critical niche dimension in tropical forests underlying species …

Sharply increased insect herbivory during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

ED Currano, P Wilf, SL Wing, CC Labandeira… - Proceedings of the …, 2008‏ - pnas.org
The Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM, 55.8 Ma), an abrupt global warming
event linked to a transient increase in p CO2, was comparable in rate and magnitude to …

Integrated view of plant metabolic defense with particular focus on chewing herbivores

D Wari, T Aboshi, T Shinya… - Journal of integrative plant …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Success of plants largely depends on their ability to defend against herbivores. Since
emergence of the first voracious consumers, plants maintained adapting their structures and …

The history of insect parasitism and the Mid-Mesozoic Parasitoid Revolution

CC Labandeira, L Li - The evolution and fossil record of parasitism …, 2021‏ - Springer
Insect parasites and parasitoids are a major component of terrestrial food webs. For
parasitoids, categorization is whether feeding activity is located inside or outside its host, if …

Eocene Fagaceae from Patagonia and Gondwanan legacy in Asian rainforests

P Wilf, KC Nixon, MA Gandolfo, NR Cúneo - Science, 2019‏ - science.org
INTRODUCTION The flowering plant family Fagaceae includes all oaks, beeches, chestnuts,
stone oaks, and allies across 10 genera and> 900 species. The family stands out for its very …

Ecology and evolution of gall-inducing arthropods: the pattern from the terrestrial fossil record

CC Labandeira - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Insect and mite galls on land plants have a spotty but periodically rich and abundant fossil
record of damage types (DTs), ichnotaxa, and informally described gall morphotypes. The …

Fossil insect folivory tracks paleotemperature for six million years

ED Currano, CC Labandeira, P Wilf - Ecological Monographs, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
Paleoecological studies enhance our understanding of biotic response to climate change
because they consider timescales not accessible through laboratory or ecological studies …