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SUBMITTER: Hembry DH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3652438 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hembry David H DH Kawakita Atsushi A Gurr Neil E NE Schmaedick Mark A MA Baldwin Bruce G BG Gillespie Rosemary G RG
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20130501 1761
A challenge for coevolutionary theory is how different types of interaction influence the diversification of coevolving clades. Reciprocal specialization is characteristic of certain coevolving, mutualistic interactions, but whether this specialization seen in ecological time constrains changes in patterns of interaction over evolutionary time remains unclear. Here, we examine the co-radiation of Glochidion trees (Phyllanthaceae: Phyllanthus s. l.) and pollinating, seed-predatory Epicephala moth ...[more]