Pattern versus process or informative versus ininformative ichnotaxonomy: Reply to Todd and Palmer

Ichnos

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 83-84

  Nielsen, Jan Kresten ^a   Neilsen, Kurt Søren Svensson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioclaustration; Bioerosion; Bioimmuration; Ichnotaxonomy

Indexed keywords

BORING; ICHNOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0036972113     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940216416     Document Type: Article

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