The impact of the species-area relationship on estimates of paleodiversity

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Barnosky, Anthony D ^a   Carrasco, Marc A ^a   Davis, Edward B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DATA BASE; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; GENE MAPPING; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MEDICAL RECORD; MIOCENE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NORTH AMERICA; PALEOECOLOGY; RELIABILITY; SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PROBABILITY;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; PALEONTOLOGY; PROBABILITY;

EID: 23944443786     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030266     Document Type: Article

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