title: Species richness: does flower power explain beetle-mania?
abstract: The huge species richness of beetles has been attributed to their colonisation of flowering plants, but a vegetarian diet may not be the sole secret of the beetles' success.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK.
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Barraclough
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Barclay
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Vogler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000502:physiology*; D004032:Diet; D014644:Genetic Variation