Did alpha diversity increase during the phanerozoic? Lifting the veils of taphonomic, latitudinal, and environmental biases

Journal of Geology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 625-642

  Bush, Andrew M ^a   Bambach, Richard K ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CALCITE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHANEROZOIC; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAPHONOMY;

EID: 12144262264     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/424576     Document Type: Review

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