Decline in extinction rates and scale invariance in the fossil record

Paleobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 434-439

  Newman, M E J ^a   Eble, Gunther J ^a,b  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; PHANEROZOIC; POWER LAW;

EID: 0033507920     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300020303     Document Type: Article

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