这同样适用于[[herbivore|草食动物]]、植食动物,以及它们吃的植物;1964年,[[Paul R. Ehrlich|保罗·R·欧里希]]和[[Peter H. Raven|彼得·R·瑞文]]提出了[[escape and radiate coevolution|逃逸和辐射的共同演化]]理论来描述植物和蝴蝶的进化多样性;<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ehrlich |first1=Paul R. |author1-link=Paul R. Ehrlich |last2=Raven |first2=Peter H. |author2-link= Peter H. Raven |year=1964 |title=Butterflies and Plants: A Study in Coevolution |journal=Evolution |volume=18 |issue=4 |pages=586–608 |doi=10.2307/2406212 |jstor=2406212}}</ref>在[[Rocky Mountains|落基山脉]],[[red squirrel|红松鼠]]和[[crossbill|斑鸠]](食种子的鸟)争夺[[lodgepole pine|海滩松]]的种子;松鼠通过啃咬松果鳞片来获取松子,而斑鸠则通过它们不寻常的交叉下颚来获取松子;在有松鼠的地方,海滩松的球果更重、种子更少、鳞片更薄,这使得松鼠更加难以获取种子;相反,如果有斑鸠而没有松鼠,球果的结构会较轻,但有较厚的鳞片,从而就导致交喙更难获取种子;海滩上的锥形细胞与这两种食草动物进行着一场进化中的军备竞赛,在接下来的两个段落中也是这样。<ref name="Berkeley">{{cite web |title=Coevolution |url=https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_33 |publisher=University of California Berkeley |access-date=17 January 2017}} and the two following pages of the web article.</ref> | 这同样适用于[[herbivore|草食动物]]、植食动物,以及它们吃的植物;1964年,[[Paul R. Ehrlich|保罗·R·欧里希]]和[[Peter H. Raven|彼得·R·瑞文]]提出了[[escape and radiate coevolution|逃逸和辐射的共同演化]]理论来描述植物和蝴蝶的进化多样性;<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ehrlich |first1=Paul R. |author1-link=Paul R. Ehrlich |last2=Raven |first2=Peter H. |author2-link= Peter H. Raven |year=1964 |title=Butterflies and Plants: A Study in Coevolution |journal=Evolution |volume=18 |issue=4 |pages=586–608 |doi=10.2307/2406212 |jstor=2406212}}</ref>在[[Rocky Mountains|落基山脉]],[[red squirrel|红松鼠]]和[[crossbill|斑鸠]](食种子的鸟)争夺[[lodgepole pine|海滩松]]的种子;松鼠通过啃咬松果鳞片来获取松子,而斑鸠则通过它们不寻常的交叉下颚来获取松子;在有松鼠的地方,海滩松的球果更重、种子更少、鳞片更薄,这使得松鼠更加难以获取种子;相反,如果有斑鸠而没有松鼠,球果的结构会较轻,但有较厚的鳞片,从而就导致交喙更难获取种子;海滩上的锥形细胞与这两种食草动物进行着一场进化中的军备竞赛,在接下来的两个段落中也是这样。<ref name="Berkeley">{{cite web |title=Coevolution |url=https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_33 |publisher=University of California Berkeley |access-date=17 January 2017}} and the two following pages of the web article.</ref> |