Extinction cascades and catastrophe in ancient food webs

Paleobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-19

  Roopnarine, Peter D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHE THEORY; EXTINCTION; FOOD WEB;

EID: 31944447345     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/05008.1     Document Type: Article

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