Trilobite alpha diversity and the reorganization of Ordovician benthic marine communities

Paleobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-16

  Westrop, Stephen R ^a,c   Adrain, Jonathan M ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

BIODIVERSITY; ORDOVICIAN; TRILOBITE;

EID: 0031868862     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373-24.1.1     Document Type: Article

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