Species richness: does flower power explain beetle-mania?
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.
Barraclough
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Department of Biology and NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK.
Barclay
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Vogler
A P
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D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000502:physiology*; D004032:Diet; D014644:Genetic Variation