Are Sepkoski's evolutionary faunas dynamically coherent?

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-32

  Alroy, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity dynamics; Evolutionary faunas; Extinction; Macroevolution; Mammals; Marine invertebrates; Paleontology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; MALACOSTRACA; MAMMALIA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0442313270     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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