Statistical testing for paleocommunity recurrence: Are similar fossil assemblages ever the same?

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 107-133

  Bennington, J B ^a   Bambach, R K ^b  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

analysis of variance; Breathitt Formation; coordinated stasis; paleoecology; Pennsylvanian

Indexed keywords

COORDINATED STASIS; PALAEOCOMMUNITY RECURRENCE; PALAEOECOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIAN;

EID: 0030595827     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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