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Environmental and biotic controls on the evolutionary history of insect body size by Clapham, Matthew E, Karr, Jered A

“…Giant insects, with wingspans as large as 70 cm, ruled the Carboniferous and Permian skies. Gigantism has been linked to hyperoxic conditions because oxygen…”
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Taphonomic biases in the insect fossil record: shifts in articulation over geologic time by Karr, Jered A, Clapham, Matthew E

“…Insect taphonomy is a topic that has drawn interest because of its potential biases on diversity patterns and the ecological information recorded by ancient…”
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Ancient origin of high taxonomic richness among insects by Clapham, Matthew E., Karr, Jered A., Nicholson, David B., Ross, Andrew J., Mayhew, Peter J.

“…Insects are a hyper-diverse group, comprising nearly three-quarters of all named animal species on the Earth, but the environmental drivers of their richness…”
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Reply to Dorrington: Oxygen concentration and predator escape abilities are important controls on insect size by Clapham, Matthew E., Karr, Jered A.

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Ancient origin of high taxonomic richness among insects by Clapham, Matthew E., Karr, Jered A., Nicholson, David B., Ross, Andrew J., Mayhew, Peter J.

“…Insects are a hyper-diverse group, comprising nearly three-quarters of all named animal species on the Earth, but the environmental drivers of their richness…”
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The damselfly palaeofauna from the Eocene of Wyoming and Colorado, USA (Insecta, Odonata, Zygoptera) by Bechly, Günter, Garrouste, Romain, Aase, Arvid, Karr, Jered A., Grande, Lance, Nel, André, Labandeira, Conrad

“…A new family, five new genera, and nine new species of fossil damselflies (Insecta, Odonata, Zygoptera, Calopterygida) from the USA are described, seven from…”
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