Paleobiology, community ecology, and scales of ecological pattern

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1367-1378

  Jablonski, David ^a   Sepkoski Jr , J John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Conservation; Diversity; Escalation; Incumbency; Interactions; Marine communities; Paleobiology; Paleoecology; Phanerozoic; Pleistocene; Terrestrial communities

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FOSSIL; PALAEOECOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SCALE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; INSECT; MAMMAL; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANT; REPTILE;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; INSECTS; MAMMALS; MARINE BIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANTS; REPTILES;

EID: 0030438358     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265534     Document Type: Article

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