The imbalance of paleontological trees

Paleobiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 188-204

  Harcourt Brown, Katherine G ^a   Pearson, Paul N ^a   Wilkinson, Mark ^b  

^a Wills Memorial Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MESOZOIC; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TREE;

EID: 0034925609     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2001)027<0188:TIOPT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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