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Tiny treetop flowers foster incredible beetle biodiversity

  • Written by Caroline S. Chaboo, Adjunct Professor in Insect Systematics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Tiny treetop flowers foster incredible beetle biodiversityHundreds of beetle species seem to be specialists that feed only from small white flowers on trees.Susan Kirmse, CC BY-ND

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Biologists have long known that rainforest treetops support a huge number of beetle species, but why these canopies are so rich in beetle diversity has r...

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