The robustness of some Carboniferous fossil leaf venation networks to simulated damage (royalsocietypublishing.org)

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[-] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Interesting paper... I'm not an expert in this field, so I might be wrong. But aren't insects larger in the Carboniferous? I assume larger insects would have larger mouthparts that can deal more damage to leaf networks. I wonder if we see the advantage of having this sort of reticulated venation decrease with larger damage areas

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Paleoecology (also spelled palaeoecology) is the study of interactions between organisms and/or interactions between organisms and their environments across geologic timescales. As a discipline, paleoecology interacts with, depends on and informs a variety of fields including paleontology, ecology, climatology and biology. Read more...