A new look at ecologic evolutionary units (EEUs)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 21-32

  Sheehan, Peter M ^a  

^a MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

ecologic evolutionary units; extinctions; fossil communities; fossil record; recoveries

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGIC EVOLUTIONARY UNIT; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; PALAEOECOLOGY;

EID: 0030595825     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00086-7     Document Type: Article

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