Fossil insect folivory tracks paleotemperature for six million years
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Fossil insect folivory tracks paleotemperature for six million years
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecological Monographs
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0012-9615
DOI: 10.1890/09-2138.1