Power spectra of extinction in the fossil record

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1425, 1999, Pages 1267-1270

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

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Fossil record; Fourier analysis; Power spectra

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOSSIL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; NOISE; NONHUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033594992     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0773     Document Type: Article

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