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cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier Current Trends, 2023
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Insect pollination in deep time

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Inferring insect pollination from compression fossils and amber inclusions is difficult because of a lack of consensus on defining an insect pollinator and the challenge of recognizing this ecological relationship in deep time. We propose a conceptual definition for such insects and an operational classification into pollinator or presumed pollinator. Using this approach, we identified 15 insect families that include fossil pollinators and show that pollination relationships have existed since at least the Upper Jurassic (~163 Ma). Insects prior to this can only be classified as presumed pollinators. This gives a more nuanced insight into the origin and evolution of an ecological relationship that is vital to the establishment, composition and conservation of modern terrestrial ecosystems.

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PEÑA-KAIRATH, Constanza, DELCLÒS MARTÍNEZ, Xavier, ÁLVAREZ-PARRA, Sergio, PEÑALVER MOLLÁ, Enrique, ENGEL, Michael s., OLLERTON, Jeff, PERIS, David. Insect pollination in deep time. _Trends in Ecology & Evolution_. 2023. Vol. 38, núm. 8, pàgs. 749-759. [consulta: 23 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 0169-5347. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/218414]

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