@article{fdi:010074500, title = {{O}pposite macroevolutionary responses to environmental changes in grasses and insects during the {N}eogene grassland expansion}, author = {{K}ergoat, {G}. {J}. and {C}ondamine, {F}. {L}. and {T}oussaint, {E}. {F}. {A}. and {C}apdevielle {D}ulac, {C}laire and {C}lamens, {A}. {L}. and {B}arbut, {J}. and {G}oldstein, {P}. {Z}. and {L}e {R}ΓΌ, {B}runo}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he rise of {N}eogene {C}-4 grasslands is one of the most drastic changes recently experienced by the biosphere. {A} central - and widely debated - hypothesis posits that {N}eogene grasslands acted as a major adaptive zone for herbivore lineages. {W}e test this hypothesis with a novel model system, the {S}esamiina stemborer moths and their associated host-grasses. {U}sing a comparative phylogenetic framework integrating paleoenvironmental proxies we recover a negative correlation between the evolutionary trajectories of insects and plants. {O}ur results show that paleoenvironmental changes generated opposing macroevolutionary dynamics in this insect-plant system and call into question the role of grasslands as a universal adaptive cradle. {T}his study illustrates the importance of implementing environmental proxies in diversification analyses to disentangle the relative impacts of biotic and abiotic drivers of macroevolutionary dynamics.}, keywords = {{AFRIQUE} ; {ZONE} {TROPICALE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{N}ature {C}ommunications}, volume = {9}, numero = {}, pages = {art. 5089 [9 p.]}, ISSN = {2041-1723}, year = {2018}, DOI = {10.1038/s41467-018-07537-8}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074500}, }