An evaluation of stabilizing selection as a mechanism for stasis

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 229-238

  Lieberman, Bruce S ^a,b   Dudgeon, Steve ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brachiopods; communities; equilibrium; Hamilton Group; punctuated equilibria; stabilizing selection; stasis

Indexed keywords

PALAEOECOLOGY; PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM; STABILIZING SELECTION; STASIS;

EID: 0030595821     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00097-1     Document Type: Article

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