The early development of terrestrial ecosystems

Nature

Volumn 351, Issue 6324, 1991, Pages 283-289

  Shear, William A ^a  

^a HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; PALAEOECOLOGY; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0025994488     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/351283a0     Document Type: Review

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