Plant reproductive organs and the origin of terrestrial insects

Georgy V. Stadnitsky

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Plant reproductive organs and the origin of terrestrial insects

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Authors:

Georgy V. Stadnitsky

Year:

1991

Type:

Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Baranchikov, Yuri N.; Mattson, William J.; Hain, Fred P.; Payne, Thomas L., eds. Forest Insect Guilds: Patterns of Interaction with Host Trees; 1989 August 13-17; Abakan, Siberia, U.S.S.R. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-153. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 47-49

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Abstract

It is widely believed that plants facilitated the evolution of terrestrial insects (Southwood 1973). However, the mechanisms by which this evolution occurred are not yet fully understood. I therefore propose a hypothesis about one possible mode of formation of terrestrial insects and fauna. The soil, warm shallow lagoons, tidal zones, and accumulations of detritus are assumed by many authors to be the "bridges" for the transition of aquatic organisms to terrestrial existence.

Parent Publication

Forest Insect Guilds: Patterns of Interaction with Host Trees

Citation

Stadnitsky, Georgy V. 1991. Plant reproductive organs and the origin of terrestrial insects. In: Baranchikov, Yuri N.; Mattson, William J.; Hain, Fred P.; Payne, Thomas L., eds. Forest Insect Guilds: Patterns of Interaction with Host Trees; 1989 August 13-17; Abakan, Siberia, U.S.S.R. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-153. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 47-49.