The evolution of diversity in ancient ecosystems: A review

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1366, 1998, Pages 327-345

  Morris, S Conway ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiations; Diversity; Evolution; Extinctions; Molecular clock; Palaeontology

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032574340     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0213     Document Type: Article

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