Delayed biological recovery from extinctions throughout the fossil record

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6774, 2000, Pages 177-180

  Kirchner, James W ^a   Well, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; MASS EXTINCTION; RECONSTRUCTION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGENESIS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034624717     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35004564     Document Type: Article

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