The quality of the fossil record: Populations, species, and communities

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 269-299

  Kidwell, Susan M ^a   Flessa, Karl W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Paleoecology; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSCA;

DEATH ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL; FOSSIL RECORD; LIFE ASSEMBLAGE; MOLLUSC; PALAEOECOLOGY; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; TAPHONOMY;

EID: 0028995992     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.es.26.110195.001413     Document Type: Article

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