Taxonomic Level as a Determinant of the Shape of the Phanerozoic Marine Biodiversity Curve

American Naturalist

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-276

  Lane, Abigail ^a   Benton, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Marine; Model; Phanerozoic

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHANEROZOIC;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ECOSYSTEM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0141591455     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377188     Document Type: Article

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