Does ecosystem and evolutionary stability include rare species?

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 191-207

  McKinney, Michael L ^a   Lockwood, Julie L ^a   Frederick, Daniel R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Austin Peay University   (United States)

Author keywords

abundance; evolution; extinction; rarity; stability; stasis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY STABILITY; EXTINCTION; FAUNAL STABILITY; FORAMINIFERA; PALAEOECOLOGY; RARITY; SPECIES TURNOVER; STASIS;

EID: 0030595816     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00095-8     Document Type: Article

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