First evidence for a massive extinction event affecting bees close to the K-T boundary.

Bees and eudicot plants both arose in the mid-late Cretaceous, and their co-evolutionary relationships have often been assumed as an important element in the rise of flowering plants. Given the near-complete dependence of bees on eudicots we would expect that major extinction events affecting the la...

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Main Authors: Sandra M Rehan, Remko Leys, Michael P Schwarz
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/960a8d93892b4653a911113f99634d1d
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