Trace fossils and population paleoecology: Comparative analysis of size-frequency distributions derived from burrows

Lethaia

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-124

  Kowalewski, Michał ^a   Demko, Timothy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Cambrian; Diplocraterion; Lingulichnus; Population paleoecology; Recent; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

DIPLOCRATERION;

BOOTSTRAPPING; CAMBRIAN; DIPLOCRATERION; PALAEOECOLOGY; POPULATION; TRACE FOSSIL;

EID: 0030400527     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1996.tb01867.x     Document Type: Article

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