Specialisation and extinction: Cope's law revisited

Historical Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 247-265

  Kaiser, H E ^a   Boucot, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cope's Law; Extinction; Specialisation

Indexed keywords

COPE'S LAW; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 0030438615     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10292389609380544     Document Type: Article

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