Plus ca change - A model for stasis and evolution in different environments

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 209-227

  Sheldon, Peter R ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

environmental change; gradualism; microevolution; Plus ca change; punctuated equilibrium; speciation; stasis

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; GRADUALISM; PLUS CA CHANGE MODEL; PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM; SPECIATION; STASIS;

EID: 0030595831     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00096-X     Document Type: Article

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