The mega-diversity of herbivorous insects is attributed to their co-evolutionary associations
with plants. Despite abundant studies on insect-plant interactions, we do not know whether …

Fossils are essential to infer past evolutionary processes. The assignment of fossils to extant
clades has traditionally relied on morphological similarity and on apomorphies shared with …

We assess the potential of X-ray microtomography as a tool for the non-destructive, three-
dimensional examination of the internal structure of charcoal. Microtomographic analysis of …

The history of plant fossil collecting in the Okanagan (Okanogan) Highlands of British
Columbia and northeastern Washington is closely intertwined with the history of geological …

Premise Significant paleobotanical discoveries in recent decades have considerably
improved our understanding of the early evolution of angiosperms and their flowers …

Nearly all of the species diversity in Piperaceae is encompassed within Piper and
Peperomia. Both genera are pan-tropical with areas of diversification in the Neotropics and …

Modern lineages of the beech family, Fagaceae, one of the most important north-temperate
families of woody flowering plants, have been traced back to the early Eocene. In contrast …

In order to investigate the diversification of angiosperms, an accurate temporal framework is
needed. Molecular dating methods thoroughly calibrated with the fossil record can provide …

While more commonly applied in zoology, synchrotron radiation X-ray tomographic
microscopy (SRXTM) is well-suited to nondestructive study of the morphology and anatomy …

Fungal parasites are important drivers in ecosystem dynamics today that can have far-
reaching effects on the performance and community structure of other organisms …