Herbivory in Antarctic fossil forests and comparisons with modern analogues in Chile

• Main Author: McDonald, Claire Margaret
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Leeds 2009
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; King George Island; Quiet Lake; Seymour; Seymour Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/11289/; https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/11289/1/507098.pdf

During the Tertiary (-50 million years ago) forests were present in Antarctica, but fossil evidence of insect life in the forests is rare. Extensive fossil floras from Antarctica contain evidence of insect herbivory on the leaves; these provide indirect evidence of past insect life. Such preservatio...